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Originally posted by chris vickery
I really hate to say it, but here goes.
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The truth is not always palatable.
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Afterall, it seems that any "colony" she left eventually fell into a state of disgrace, economic disaster, ethnic troubles etc. Lets think about that. Zimbabwe, India, Palestine, etc etc.
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The record speaks for itself, and to be fair this also applies more or less to other ex-European African dominions with the now common brutal ethnic cleansing, govt condoned inter-tribal fighting and wholesale official pocket-lining.
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The Brits tried to civilize these nations and after leaving, the elected or dictatorship governments virtually devastated these countries.
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Simplistically, these places had an injection of civilisation, order and control representing hundreds of years experience; then having seen what they could achieve and the dominion power creaming off the profits, the people wanted it back but lost the plot with inter-faction power scrabbles, despot leaders and so let go of the tiller.
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revert to the Dominion of Canada.
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Contentious stuff indeed, but I see the thrust of the argument. Do bear in mind the administrations here aren't a patch on the sort of leadership extant at your time of independance.
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In the days now where a certain ethnicity can send their kid to school armed with a "ceremonial" knife yet to a Christian kid it's a felony (concealed weapon), I see something very wrong.
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Very, very wrong indeed.
Of course, should you live in certain state school catchment areas around London you would be obliged to send your child to a school where English is wholly unused, they would need to become proficient in Hindi or Urdu before learning anything.
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To me, to get passed over as a white male for a job because I don't fit a certain quota, something's wrong.
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"Snap".
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To have to say "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry Christmas, well...
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Fortunately these excesses are not applicable here yet, doubtless some pressure group is working on it though.
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I'm happy to go to work everyday knowing that these people depend on me... Taxes well spent.
Pissed off in Rockwood and ready to head North to the wilderness. 
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Wholly understandable, but at least you do have a wilderness to hide away in. . . . . . . .
If ever anyone could accurately say "I told you so", it would be the late Enoch Powell, we desperately need him back. (Sorry, only the Brits will understand)
R.