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CarlottaVance

Dair said:

viewcode said:

EPG said:

Wouldn't it be odd if any other country glorified its slaveholder traitors?

We glorify the Glorious Revolution and Cromwell: the former was a coup and the latter a religious jihadist

the invasion and subjugation of a nation by a foreign power as happened to England in 1688

You are seriously arguing that 1688 was implemented by force of foreign arms?

Sunil_Prasannan

Congrats to the US ladies footy team - 5-2 against Japan!

kle4

AndyJS said:

Merkel and most people in Germany want Greece to leave the Euro, but they don't want to take the "blame" for booting them out. That's the basic problem I think.

I assumed Tsipras wanted the same thing. Having won public backing for his stance, he has it too.

Luckyguy1983

There is a case for saying that Britain ought to have supported the Confederacy in the US civil war (more than turning a blind eye to The Alabama), in return for the abolition of slavery in the south of course. It would have meant that the USA would have been sandwiched between two British spheres of influence, and would have not developed as it has, saving the world from a great deal of misery. It was all down hill from there really.