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re: Women and the hijab
Posted on 3/3/17 at 1:12 pm to AggieDub14
Posted on 3/3/17 at 1:12 pm to AggieDub14
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You realize that has a lot to do with who colonized them right? The former French colonies are a lot better off than the British. French colonialism was about assimilation. You became French. British colonialism was about taking as much from the colonies as possible. They didn't give a frick about their society.
I thought you sounded like some kid spouting off some college-like "It was imperialism, man!" stuff, but this confirmed it.
By every single objective measure out there, British colonies fare better than French colonies.
For every Iraq (Britain), you have a Syria (France). For every Rwanda (Britain), you have an Algeria or a Mauritania or a Senegal or a Cote d'Ivoire (France). Haiti, Vietnam, Cambodia, on and on and on. Virtually none of the former French colonies are in even decent shape.
Britain has India, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Egypt, and on and on. France has nothing.
Edit to add: And if you don't know anything about Iraq, I'd suggest you do a little more reading or actually go visit the place and find a little deeper cause than a country that occupied them for all of sixteen years.
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 3/3/17 at 2:08 pm to AbuTheMonkey
Iraq did not exist until the fall of the Ottoman empire...
Posted on 3/3/17 at 2:17 pm to AbuTheMonkey
The USA has also done pretty well as a group of former British colonies.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 2:31 pm to Big12fan
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Do you frickers wake up in the middle of the night with this seething anger against Democrats and Muslims and just have to find a place to express yourself? M
Pretty much although not usually in the middle of the night
Posted on 3/3/17 at 3:06 pm to AggieDub14
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Iraq did not exist until the fall of the Ottoman empire...
A centralized political state of one form or another has existed in Mesopotamia for more than three millennia, whether it was a province(s) of another, greater empire or a standalone state.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 3:11 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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By every single objective measure out there, British colonies fare better than French colonies.
Yup.
Oddly, a lot of Arabs spout off that line about the French colonies too. I have no idea where that came from.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 3:18 pm to AggieDub14
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Because it's part of their culture. Who are you to say their culture is right or wrong?
It's really ok to admit that some cultures are more advanced than others.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 7:10 pm to AggieDub14
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That's exactly the kind of thinking that led to imperialism. Damn near 100% of the issues currently facing Africa and the Middle East stem from imperialism and the fall of colonialism being handled so poorly. What caused colonialism? The idea that European culture was superior to African and Middle Eastern culture. They fricked up half the planet to a point that they will NEVER catch up.
You sir are insane
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