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[IceCold]

Yeah he was a shitty discoverer, and those Polynesians, Aborigines, Aleutians, Eskimos and Micronesians? fucking useless.

Pretty much yes (when it comes to building an Empire). There's a reason Spain didn't fuck too much in that region. There was no trade to do. No gold, spices, etc. The Portuguese and Dutch passed by Australia before the British and didn't bother either.

 

[Wazzim]

After they created a wall of impenetrable IKEA furniture.

IKEA is Dutch now.

 

[teruterubozu]

Pretty much yes (when it comes to building an Empire). There's a reason Spain didn't fuck too much in that region. There was no trade to do. No gold, spices, etc. The Portuguese and Dutch passed by Australia before the British and didn't bother either.

OK I get it, he sucked (even though he mapped the entire Pacific Ocean, which of course, was intimately known by Europeans).

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Pretty much yes (when it comes to building an Empire). There's a reason Spain didn't fuck too much in that region. There was no trade to do. No gold, spices, etc. The Portuguese and Dutch passed by Australia before the British and didn't bother either.

Isn't there a lot of gold in Australia?

 

[CassSept]

This list is somewhat off. I'm no expert, but I'm pretty damn sure Poland had never been invaded by the British.

 

[Joel Was Right]

There's even a reason to go to war with Sweden in the subtitle.

I would class only three in that photo to be good looking

 

[IceCold]

OK I get it, he sucked (even though he mapped the entire Pacific Ocean, which of course, was intimately known by Europeans).

Who said he sucked? He was born in 1728.

The world map by 1570 was this:

That's most of the world right there. Which is what I said.

Isn't there a lot of gold in Australia?

Just wiki'd it. There was a gold rush in the 19th century: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_gold_rushes

But gold is not the type of thing that you just know outright. Did the Maori make extensive use of it in jewelry? Otherwise they wouldn't know unless they start mining the place. The Dutch didn't bother since they were into trade like Portugal and saw no spices there. Portuguese didn't bother since it fell in Spain's part of the world (Treaty of Tordesillas) so they kept it in the hush hush.

 

[flippedb]

But they kinda stole Belize from us. It wasn't a proper invasion, but they took the land and never built the highway they promised. So Guatemala got half invaded lol

 

[teruterubozu]

Who said he sucked? He was born in 1728.

The world map by 1570 was this:

That's most of the world right there. Which is what I said.

Yeah, the Pacific ocean looks HUGE on Ortelius' map.

 

[mkenyon]

Was America the first country they were kicked out of?

America is two continents, FYI. The United States of America is a country.

What country is America?

I know, right? Drives me nuts.

 

[mclem]

We need to complete the set.

Edit: Sweden first.

Gotta catch 'em all.

 

[mclem]

I'm surprised we didn't come for your women.

Well, we got Ulrika. Apparently that was sufficient.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

I would class only three in that photo to be good looking

 

[VanquishUK]

 

[mclem]

It must have felt weird during the Olympics in London having other countries stake their flags in the ground.

Given current sentiment in the UK, it felt weird to actually wave a British flag and be proud... without the nagging feeling that we're looking like a closet Nick Griffin supporter.

Does it come up in British history classes that Hitler got the idea of the concentration camp from Britain

Yeah, he saw an episode of I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here.

 

[shadyspace]

America is two continents, FYI. The United States of America is a country.

I know, right? Drives me nuts.

The short hand for the United States is America. Deal with it.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

The short hand for the United States is America. Deal with it.

Not USA?

 

[Arment]

a·mer·i·ca/əˈmerikə/

1. A landmass in the western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North and South America joined by the Isthmus of Panama.
2. Used as a name for the United States.

Just sayin'

It really is a transparent attempt at creating an argument. How many people who live in a country besides the US ever refer to America as where they live?

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

While most of those girls are undeniably attractive, they're nothing special where you couldn't find more attractive girls on any random college campus in most countries.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Just sayin'

It really is a transparent attempt at creating an argument. How many people who live in a country besides the US ever refer to America as where they live?

When talking about worldwide invasion in the millennia of human history, I'd take America to mean the Americas

 

[lastplayed]

 

[Sviatoslav]

Pff, Sweden isn't that hard to invade. Russia has done it plenty of times.

 

[Partial Gamification]

Venn Diagrams are sexy:

edit:] companion video

 

[diamount]

America is two continents, FYI. The United States of America is a country.

I know, right? Drives me nuts.

About as bad as UK always being refereed to as 'England'.

 

[Mgoblue201]

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).

How much of a role did the British play in that? I would attribute the depopulation of the Americas to a lot of things - communicable diseases, US expansion, Spanish conquest - before I would blame the British. Mexico alone was one of the most populated, and therefore one of the most ravaged, regions of the Americas, and the British had little to do with that.

 

[Dany]

Venn Diagrams are sexy:

edit:] companion video

This makes soo much sense now!

 

[not_so_special]

This is simply not true, the U.K destroyed their chemical weapons in 1956. Where are you getting this from?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_British_use_of_gas_in_Mesopotamia_in_1920

The is the same guy who said Britain was responsible for 1.6 billion deaths in India, so I wouldn't take it seriously.

maybe we should believe you? u seems pretty defensive about al the uk atrocities

 

[Canis lupus]

Yeah but how many did they conquer? I remember them trying my country in Galipoli and south eastern borders.

 

[Salvadora]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_British_use_of_gas_in_Mesopotamia_in_1920

There is however little evidence that this actually took place, or that use of lethal gas was used or even considered.

 

[not_so_special]

There is however little evidence that this actually took place, or that use of lethal gas was used or even considered.

why u only quote that? come on dude,you remember me these people who rest importance to the nazi massacres,they have a name you know?

After the war, the Royal Air Force dropped mustard gas on Bolshevik troops in 1919, and Winston Churchill, secretary of state for war and air, suggested that the RAF use it in Iraq in 1920 during a major revolt there; see Alleged British use of gas in Mesopotamia in 1920. Historians are divided as to whether or not gas was in fact used.[1]

Churchill suggested that chemical weapons should be used against recalcitrant Arabs as an experiment. He added: I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilized tribes to spread a lively terror in Iraq

Britain had used gas weapons in the Middle East before, most notably in the Second Battle of Gaza against Ottoman forces in World War I. On that occasion, the use of gas did not prevent a British military defeat.

yeah im sure there is little evidence,britain knows how to make that happen

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/18/britain-destroyed-records-colonial-crimes?CMP=twt_gu

so rule britannia.... its funny you are talking about the credibility of other users on this thread

 

[Regulus Tera]

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. Fuck yeah.

People always forget about Northern Ireland. sigh

 

[freenudemacusers]

So countries not worth invading or so tiny they were skipped over.

These are the BOGO counties

 

[Salvadora]

Churchill suggested that chemical weapons should be used against recalcitrant Arabs as an experiment. He added: I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilized tribes to spread a lively terror in Iraq

yeah im sure there is little evidence,britain knows how to make that happen

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/18/britain-destroyed-records-colonial-crimes?CMP=twt_gu

so rule britannia....

Niall Ferguson, in his 2006 book The War of the World, writes: "To end the Iraqi Insurgency of 1920 . . . the British relied on a combination of aerial bombardment and punitive village burning expeditions. Indeed, they even contemplated using mustard gas too, though supplies proved unavailable".

Anthony Clayton writes in The Oxford History of the British Empire that "[T]he use of poisonous gas was never sanctioned"

A December 2009 article in the Journal of Modern History by R.M. Douglas of Colgate University went through the known sources and concluded that: "[W]hile at various moments tear gas munitions were available in Mesopotamia, circumstances seeming to call for their use existed, and official sanction to employ them had been received, at no time during the period of the mandate did all three of these conditions apply", and that it was clear that no poison gas was used. Douglas observed that Churchill's forceful statement had served to convince observers of the existence of weapons of mass destruction which were not actually there, which ironically matched events in 2003

So yeah, all the evidence points to a British cover-up of the use of chemical weapons.

 

[Goodacre0081]

they invaded themselves?

 

[juanpablo]

I love the old saying: "The sun will never set on the British Empire."

"I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire: God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark."

People always forget about Northern Ireland. sigh

No one remembers the runt of the litter.

 

[liger05]

But Britain did it out of compassion to bring civilization to the savages.

 

[gutter_trash]

I don't know man. Maybe England had to cross some citys of Portugal to get to another Spanish partisans citys in the Peninsular War? And there's still the gold market time, Brazil -> Portugal -> England, maybe at some point there was some disagreement between Portugal and England? And there's still the times when the United Kingdom was a land of brits, picts, goidels, them scots. Maybe at some point they invaded Hispania Lusitania?

England aided Portugal in defense against Spain and Napoleon. But never invaded Portugal in aggression against them. Always in alliance. Also during the crusades, they were allied on the same side

There were disagreements regarding territorial disputes with African colonies in the late 19th century and early 20th century with the Pink Map.

 

[Rad-]

Pff, Sweden isn't that hard to invade. Russia has done it plenty of times.

Yep. Let's not also forget that they pansied out on both WWs.

 

[not_so_special]

So yeah, all the evidence points to a British cover-up of the use of chemical weapons.

all the evidence points that u are one of those people who wont believe his country made horrible things on the past even if there is tangible evidence

dont worry there are clubs to join ,the holocaust revisionist are awesome,they have free beer and sausages

 

[lastplayed]

they invaded themselves?

Civil War, Jacobite rebellions maybe.

 

[Salvadora]

all the evidence points that u are one of those people who wont believe his country made horrible things on the past even if there is tangible evidence

dont worry there is clubs to join ,the holocaust revisionist are awesome,they have free beer and sausages

Are you seriously comparing the fact that there is no evidence to support the claim that the British used chemical weapons in Iraq to holocaust denial? Un-fucking-believable.

 

[Grassclipper]

I would class only three in that photo to be good looking

The cheerleader effect in full force.

 

[SmokyDave]

all the evidence points that u are one of those people who wont believe his country made horrible things on the past even if there is tangible evidence

dont worry there are clubs to join ,the holocaust revisionist are awesome,they have free beer and sausages

You're off your rocker sunshine.

 

[Barbacoatl]

I don't blame them. Must be tough being stuck on that sunny island.

 

[StealthGoblin]

all the evidence points that u are one of those people who wont believe his country made horrible things on the past even if there is tangible evidence

dont worry there are clubs to join ,the holocaust revisionist are awesome,they have free beer and sausages

Unbelievable. One of the most moronic things I've read on here in a while.

 

[freenudemacusers]

all the evidence points that u are one of those people who wont believe his country made horrible things on the past even if there is tangible evidence

dont worry there are clubs to join ,the holocaust revisionist are awesome,they have free beer and sausages

Dude

 

[not_so_special]

Unbelievable. One of the most moronic things I've read on here in a while.

yeah so he is doubting every statment people are posting about british massacres and the "bad" boys are the ones posting the links and trying to argue with arguments and proof

so if you go to a forum and post "nazi germany killed millions of people" and someone post " i doubt that" who is the problem here?

im spend a lot of time arguing with nazi revisionist on forums and they act on the same way

dont get me wrong i love uk,london his people who his empire is full of shit and they got a free pass where other nations dont

 

[Salvadora]

yeah so he is doubting every statment people are posting about british massacres and the "bad" boys are the ones posting the links and trying to argue with arguments and proof

so if you go to a forum and post "nazi germany kill millions of people" and someone post " i doubt that" who is the problem here?

im spend a lot of time arguing with nazi revisionist on forums and they act on the same way

People are posting shite like the British were responsible for 1.6 billion deaths in India so yeah, I'm going to go along with that.
Edit: I'm a Nazi revisionist then? You talk utter shite.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I believe that the Romans did aggressively depopulate regions and recolonise. They wiped out Dacia then colonised it.

 

[phisheep]

well if you learn some history about what uk did on the colonies leaves the nazis like emo school girls

it was surreal,they even use chemical weapons on his day

the thing is britain learned to have GOOD PR,others dont

I assume you meant something like "in this day" ...

This is simply not true, the U.K destroyed their chemical weapons in 1956. Where are you getting this from?

... and then when questioned, link to this ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_British_use_of_gas_in_Mesopotamia_in_1920

... which is (a) in 1920, which is scarcely "this day", and (b) as you quoted (but didn't bold) yourself ...

it was clear that no poison gas was used

That's not really supporting your statement, is it?