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Okla-homey
8/7/2010, 05:43 PM
but they the built the greatest empire the world has ever seen.

You gotta give it up to the Brits. That little rainy island did once "Rule the Waves" and our world is better for it. And please, skip the "imperial colonial masters" hate. The Anglophone colonies that eventually achieved independence are miles better than the Francophone colonies which devolved into hellish cesspits after achieving their independence.

Revel in British gloriousness!

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swardboy
8/7/2010, 07:12 PM
Could not agree with you more.

royalfan5
8/8/2010, 01:03 AM
It helped to have a German Royal Family.

Ardmore_Sooner
8/8/2010, 03:04 AM
Not to discredit the British Empire, but how are you defining greatest? Top 5 no doubt but I dunno about greatest.

GKeeper316
8/8/2010, 04:12 AM
you should go to england sometime.

avoid manchester and bristol.

Okla-homey
8/8/2010, 07:20 AM
Not to discredit the British Empire, but how are you defining greatest? Top 5 no doubt but I dunno about greatest.

I think the fact they once controlled substantial parts of each continent, except for South America where they only had minor holdings, is proof enough.
During the Victorian era, it was said, "the sun never sets on the British Empire."
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