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yes, this is more or less what i mean by perceived honesty. they speak human, to use a horrible modern expression.
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"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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Are you talking about Guam or something? That's not a colony.Originally posted by DinoDoc View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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You're confusing class and income. To be upper class in the United Kingdom does not necessarily imply one is loaded.Originally posted by Bereta_Eder View Post
In the 19th Century, cash-strapped British aristocrats married wealthy Americans.
kentonio.As for writing him off as a buffoon, I'm actually disappointed in you Molly.
Super. Because that's exactly what I didn't do. I said he was less intelligent than Magnus Pyke. Perhaps you should have looked him up.
However I still find your characterization of Boris as 'honest' to be very amusing.Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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That's because Sudan wasn't a British colony, you arse.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
As for treating Liberia as the Euros treated their colonies- actually your governments were even more hypocritical. Just as they were with Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Nicaragua...Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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What the Hell is it then?! If France owned an island that wasn't fully represented in its legislature, you'd be calling it a colony too.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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He doesn't seem to have heard of American Samoa either. No great surprise.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View PostVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Puerto Rico is the obvious one, surely..."Aha, you must have supported the Iraq war and wear underpants made out of firearms, just like every other American!" LoinburgerComment
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These are all Unincorporated Territories. Unincorporated Territories are not colonies because their name is different.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Guam is a convenient example but not the entirety of the list of US colonial possessions.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostI make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Is the Yukon a colony? Or Nunavut? What about the Australian Northern Territory?Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostComment
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You realize that Yukon and Nunavut have full representation in the Canadian Parliament, right?“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Is DC a colony?
French Guiana has full representation, is it a colony?Comment
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Is there a reason you are going to such absurd lengths to defend HC's mistake?I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Given the common definition of colony is a non-sovereign territory set apart geographically from the home territory, it's hard to see how Guam is not a colony, or how any Canadian, Australian or U.S. mainland or relatively proximate territories are colonies.
If you want to counter, provide a definition of colony.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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A colony is an unincorporated territory, which must never be confused with an Unincorporated Territory.
See those capital letters? It's an absolutely crucial distinction.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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