Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of |
From | Russ |
Date | 2002-04-16 19:13 (2002-04-16 19:13) |
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TamimIs there any particular reason conquest followed by occupation is any better than conquest followed by occupation and colonization?
Russ <mcresq@aol.com>wrote: g>In article <a9h7g7$q8c$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>, Tamim <hallaril@hotmail.com>writes:OK - let's go for Albania then. Or Switzerland. Or Roumania.Or Sweden. You didn't participate in the colonial ratrace, did you?Swedish armies certainly spent and inordinate time tramping over eastern Europe.RussYeah, but it's different. They expanded their territories in their neighborhoood, but they didn't establish colonies in lands previously occupied by "inferior" people.