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They had a shit ton of France for awhile. Then a little girl kicked them out... sort of.
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British have invaded all but 22 countries in the world
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They had a shit ton of France for awhile. Then a little girl kicked them out... sort of.
shadyspace
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No I was not kidding. I was asking a question.
EdibleExplosives
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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Grassclipper
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Sweden aren't really neutral, it's just that the rest of the world knows it would be futile to try to invade.
Wendel Clark
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why are people proud of this
phisheep
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Fair enough. We tend after all to get different versions of history depending where we live.
Hundred Years War ended roughly 1453.
They sound terrifying:
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shadyspace
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Britain controlled like all of France? Did British people live there and enslave French people. Or was it just like "go about your business and we'll tax you" like the US.
EdibleExplosives
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I'm pretty sure most people are joking.
Not bad going for a little island really.
Sweden is like Mew Two though, bit elusive.
Wendel Clark
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Murder and genocide is really funny, I hope the hitler jokes go over this well too. For some reason I don't think they will
Atramental
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Interesting thread you 'ave 'ere, chaps.
Karsticles
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And yet, British food is still awful.
Hardly comparable.
Like Tikka Masala?
EdibleExplosives
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You sound fun.
Totally the same thing as Hilter, yea.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
But Gordon Ramsey!!!
Escape Goat
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Britain fuck yeah!!
I mean America fuck yeah!!
I mean America fuck yeah!!
It's true though. Britain gets off the hook in cultural blame for it's centuries of butchering people.
phisheep
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More of a political/feudal thing than actual invasion. After all, Duke William had invaded Britain in 1066 and basically took it over, but still had his bits of France as well (Normandy was a lot bigger then) and it kind of drifted on from there fr the next 400 years or so.
Alligatorjandro
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The British were bad.
Really? Name one neo-colonial war the US has been in that Britain hasn't?
Looks like we were quite good at it to be honest.
Megadragon15
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But America's the ones who are bloodthirsty!
The child (America) always inherits the bad habits of the parent (the U.K.).
So do the Romans and the Mongols, but no-one's billed them yet. And there's no way Britain should pick up the Romans' cheque.
didn't the Norwegians conquer them at one point?
You Are Viewtiful
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The Mongols get more heat than the British.
Napoleonthechimp
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And what would you have us do? It isn't as if everyone in Britain over the centuries was prospering off the misfortune and misery of others. My dad has traced my family's ancestry back a couple of hundred years and nearly every single one of them were farmers or labourers. I am not going to feel bad for the actions of others who had nothing to do with me or my family.
Neo-colonialism =/= military invasion.
Is this awful myth still circulating, I guess our restaurants don't count? And in terms of Junk/trash food we easily beat America hands down, I'd like to think shops would never sell the cheap shit that is Twinkies!
The Danes. The monstrous danes. They are more beast than man.
The Mongolians are looked at historically as butchers. The Romans didn't butcher as many people as the British - you can't claim the Romans depopulated a continent (there used to be Native Americans in North America). And anyway, neither Rome nor the Monglian Empire exists anymore. Britain does. And last time I checked they were still using their army in neo-colonial wars too (at least Iraq).
You statement was about people getting angry about things that happened "ages" ago. But it's not ages. It's contemporaneous. Britain is a colonial power in 2012.
Napoleonthechimp said:
I'm not saying British people are bad. I wouldn't call Germans or Japanese people bad. But they get historical and cultural condemnation for all the killing they did. The British do not. That's my only statement
Misterinenja
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Yes by Swedes.
grimshawish
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People act as if Britain was alone in its actions, if it didn't compete with other world powers it would have fallen to them. This holds true across all of Europe.
Also Native Americans fought with the British against the Americans in the revolution. Lets not play about here. Britain was hardly the worlds butcher, nor did it ever wear a white dress.
EDIT: Nor did Britain control that much of the United States; and they held onto Canada where natives hold more communities than in the States.
Also Native Americans fought with the British against the Americans in the revolution. Lets not play about here. Britain was hardly the worlds butcher, nor did it ever wear a white dress.
EDIT: Nor did Britain control that much of the United States; and they held onto Canada where natives hold more communities than in the States.
Escape Goat
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When you consider they have wizards and magic its not that amazing.
they also have james bond
While the UK never invaded Guatemala proper, they did "steal" part of what Guatemala considers as theirs: British Honduras, now known as Belize.
The only real surprise on that list is Sweden though.
The Russians made mincemeat of the Swedes in the 18th century and took Finland from them.
The only real surprise on that list is Sweden though.
The Russians made mincemeat of the Swedes in the 18th century and took Finland from them.
The women literally speaking.
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