Saturday October 19 2019 10:59, you wrote to David Rance:
> Hello David,
> On Thursday October 17 2019 18:30, you wrote to me:
MvdV>>> That BJ asked for it is an assumption.
DR>> It is reported as fact.
> Is it? I haven't seen it reported here.
MvdV>>> The Brits are not the only ones that do not like that, but MvdV>>> let's face it, the day that Brittania rules the waves are MvdV>>> over.
DR>> Whenever we assert ourselves you sneer at us by quoting DR>> "Britannia". It's so easy to make a cheap jibe at us by quoting DR>> an out of date song.
> Oh, c'mon David, don't be so short fused. Referring to "Brittania" may > not have been diplomatic on my side and if it offends you I aplologise > and will try to avoid it in future.
> But the fact remains that the UK has a history of colonialism and > there are still trace of it around. Gibraltar and Northern Ireland are > relics of that past. It is unavaoidable that it comes up now and then.
> BTW your country is not the only one that is confronted with the > consequences of a colonial past. My country is faced with its not so > glorious past too. It also comes byting us in the tail now and then...
The fact that 'the british' has a colonial past should be considered in light of :
1. Many european countries did the same including Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Germany to name but a few.
2. Thank to the British history of doing so amongst other reasons we maintained at the tax payer expense a large millitary force including the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.
Both of these armed wings help fight wars before and during 1914 to 1918, 1939 to 1945 not to mention later, thereby removing the occuping forces of Germany and it's allies from most of Europe to allow those countries of which yours is apart of having the freedom to live the way you wish to without conflict. It should not be needed to say that the large number of service personal that lost their lives doing so from the UK and it's colonies as well as other countries throught the world including later the U.S.A that far exceeded 10 millions.
What a very short memory you have!!
Vince
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