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Leo,
Britain wasn't the only colonial power. Colonialism was the norm for hundreds of years, yet nations, like people, do tend to evolve and advance.
Give Britain credit for spreading the concepts of representative government and a legal system which form the basis for the American government.
We took a history of increasing human rights in stages and wrapped it up in one magnificent document, but the seeds are in the Magna Carta, the bill of rights, etc.
If you haven't read it, check out "Conquest and Culture" by Thomas Sowell. He makes some very insightful points in that book.
VBR,
Mike
PS: IMHO, any nation that could give us Shakespeare can't be all bad.
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In dismissing PETA's lawsuit against Sea World, US district judge Jeffrey Miller has ruled that whales are not people.
Obviously, the judge has never shopped at K-Mart.
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