ENGLAND and St George

Uriel   Sat May 09, 2009 10:02 pm GMT
<<The ideas of the French Revolution surely had more impact on the creation of USA than the English colonial activity.>>

It's the other way around, cupcake. The American Revolution had a significant impact on the French Revolution....which came later.



<<The manual describes the BNP's "ultimate aim" as the "lawful, humane and voluntary repatriation of the resident foreigners of the UK".

"We don't subscribe to the politically correct fiction that just because they happen to be born in Britain, a Pakistani is a Briton. They're not. They remain of Pakistani stock," he added. >>

The idea of "repatriating" a person who has never even been to the country that is supposedly his "patria" is most amusing. I hope the Navajo and the Cherokee never get it into their heads to try to repatriate the rest of us "non-native Americans". Imagine the pandemonium that would ensue if they were to ship us all back to our ancestral countries of origin. Imagine the clusterfuck to even trying to figure out WHICH country of origin to dump us on -- most of us are of such mixed ancestry that 4 or 5 nations might be called upon to share custody! And would any of these nations really be prepared to accept the influx of their share of 300 million strangers? Dear god!

One wonders exactly how well the BNP has really thought through the idea of making historical ancestry a benchmark of Britishness. And if they wouldn't mind opening up their guest bedrooms to a quarter of the American South ... all long-lost cousins, of course!
The Navajo and the Cherok   Sun May 10, 2009 12:39 pm GMT
We're still waiting for the apology for the genocide from your president. If that doesn't come soon, we'll consider repatriation.
Uriel   Sun May 10, 2009 5:19 pm GMT
Andrew Jackson's too dead to apologize. Probably too stiff-necked as well!
The Navajo and the Cherok   Sun May 10, 2009 5:37 pm GMT
Bill was alive enough to apologize to the black victims of syphilis study (http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/story.asp?S=1211608)
and since Obama appears to be even livelier...
Robin Michael   Sun May 10, 2009 10:35 pm GMT
Hello Uriel


BBC - History - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Burke was a hugely influential Anglo-Irish politician, orator and political thinker, notable for his strong support for the American Revolution and his ...
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M.P. for Bristol

"'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790). The book provoked a huge response, including Thomas Paine's 'The Rights of Man'. Burke emphasised the dangers of mob rule, fearing that the Revolution's fervour was destroying French society. He appealed to the British virtues of continuity, tradition, rank and property and opposed the Revolution to the end of his life."



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The quotation "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing" although often attributed to Burke does not occur in his works or recorded speeches. It first appeared in the 14th edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1968),