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Originally Posted by gynn
a get together of the members of the former British Empire who still want to be associated with us. The reaction I got was a mixture of amazement and laughter that such a thing is going on in 2010.........
......and do you know what? I have to agree!
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Why ? look at it this way for years we shaped & formed these Countries bringing them advances they wouldn't have had, had they been left to their own devices. Added to that we were an umbrella covering & protecting these lands under the auspices of British rule so any Johnny Foreigner who thought he could just come on in & take over had second thoughts when faced with the Military might of Britain as opposed to a small divided populace.
While admittedly we were an "Occupying force" our input also benefited the people we oversaw. It was, much as some will detract a 2 way exchange & both sides reaped rewards from it, as ruling powers go we obviously weren't to bad as the present relationship shows, if we were so bad how come these Countries after their independence adopted & maintained our ways which we gave to them ?
Put simply we (UK) were their parents, we nurtured & raised them, then sent them off into the big wide World to stand on their own two feet, some have turned out fine others have fallen by the wayside, but that is the nature of family ! A mutual respect for each other reinforces these ties & that my friend, is why they are happy to humour their doting parents ! Much as I do mine & I would assume you do with yours ?
As to your friend, he's from a Republic, young independent upstarts who know no better !
