Lol! You think that's what he meant? Sorry I only have this to go by: "You'll have a person like Gel rally against US imperialism - maybe justifiably. But you have to wonder if there isn't benefit to it."
So.. o/ I WANNA be a Cooowwwboooyyy!! With the top let back and the sunshine shining!! COWBooooyyy!! I can smell a pig from a mile away /o ohh..oh wait..hang on. I forgot..the *real* cowboys are all... "I wish I could quit yew.." Who colonised Sweden btw? Who interfered in Latin America's growth? Why is European society so much more enlightened than... But..oh why bother. :) Massa...come'n show us how it's done Massa..we dun know how ta save ourself... show us the Waaaay Massa! *smirk* and In God We Trust. On 5/3/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gruss can speak for himself, but his comments seem to be directed at > imperialism generally and not the US specifically. I would actually trace it > back to European imperialism starting in the 16th century. This is a very > large generalization, but here goes: the places colonized by Britain- Canada > (except Quebec), US, Australia, New Zealand, Belize, much of the Carribean > island chains- followed a path of local representative government and free > markets, and they are in pretty good shape today. The places colonized by > Spain (and throw Portugal in there)- most of Latin America, the Phillipines- > followed a more Catholic/monarchist imperialist path, and they are not > generally as developed, stable, or prosperous as the original British > colonies. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206176 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
