29-12-2012, 11:24 AM
Yes. In Australia we started with the legal fiction of Terra Nullius. An empty land. No one apparently was here before the English came and took it for themselves. Or before the French did at least. There were several wars with the local indigenous who hadn't got the memo that they weren't supposed to be here. And it was often the case that the indigenous were given poisoned flour to eradicate them like so much troublesome vermin. Such are the blessings of civilisation that we brought them. You'd think they'd be greateful but, no.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.