Good thing I was making a little joke, then ;)
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:26 PM, Mark Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Contrary to what some meanies here have said, I
don't presume to speak
for anyone else. But based on my own experience, I am guessing that
the over 2millon american indians whose ancestors have inhabited this
country for over 10000 years would be extremely offended by your
fatally erroneous statement. The US has been a colonial state from the
beginning, I will not deny that and neither should you.
On 01/03/2008, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Sure, but all that other territory that
eventually became states was
unoccupied anyway, right? :P Sort of skidding off topic here, aren't we?
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <
cimonavaro(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 3/1/08, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > geni wrote:
> > > On 01/03/2008, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> What? Since when did America ever speak for any colonies? It was
a
> > >> colony, it was never a
colonial power...
> > >>
> > > Puerto Rico? Various former Spannish colonies acquired at one
point?
> > The Monroe Doctrine was a neo-colonial
instrument. Helping Panama to
> > break away from Colombia. Periodic invasions and skullduggery in
small
> > countries when the U.S. didn't like
the government, as in the Arbenz
> > assassination in Guatemala. The continuing hostile attitude towards
> > Cuba and Venezuela because those countries put their own people
first.
> > Maintaining armed occupation is an
expensive way of keeping
colonies, so
> > they had to find different ways of
doing it.
> >
> > Some might even say that Tony Blair's easy compliance in the
invasion of
> > Iraq showed that the colonial master
role had been reversed. :-)
> >
> > Ec
>
> Lessee, how many states were there in the compact during the articles
of
confederation? Never acquired any territories, no-no (won't go to
rehab, no-no...)
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
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