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| 2004/9/27 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:33772 Activity:moderate |
9/27 Just an epiphany that among my warmest feelings towards the US was
while in Africa seeing France's legacy as an imperial power. For all
the evil the southern American states have endured by way of the US, by
comparison to the French in Africa, they are doing relatively well. Of
course, American imperialism in places like Colombia vs. French
imperialism in, say, Mali, is only one component of much larger story
in either place. My Jack Handy for the day. -- ulysses
\_ Our meddling in Central and South America doesn't hold a candle to
full-on colonialism such as the French in Africa. A better
comparison would be what happened to the native Hawaiians.
\_ Good point. -- ulysses
\_ By southern American, do you mean Georgia? They still curse
Sherman's name in Atlanta.
\_ Are you going to make me bring up our bloody counterrebellion
in the Phillippines?
\_ I wasn't going to even ask but the thought of making you do it
is too much to resist. Cuteness aside I had thought of the
Phillipines when the poster abv mentioned Hawaii. Keep in mind
that there are a number of islands off the coast of
Africa where every last original inhabitant was killed by Spanish
or French sailors/soldiers/merchants. This may all be academic,
though.
\_ How many Native American tribes were wiped out to the last man?
\_ We're still trying to figure out how many Native Americans
there were pre-Columbus to begin with. Estimates range
widely. |
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