tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post9110123077153768336..comments2023-11-07T04:53:01.453-08:00Comments on Dispatches from the United States of Mordor: Beyond BuzzFeed: The 10 Worst, Most Embarrassing U.S. Media Failures on the Trump-Russia StoryGerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-21223535551251751912019-04-08T09:57:10.585-07:002019-04-08T09:57:10.585-07:00Their "leaders" do.Their "leaders" do.Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-726231897908505952019-04-07T08:34:38.936-07:002019-04-07T08:34:38.936-07:00And that video: the man-child Ben Shapiro and Nick...And that video: the man-child Ben Shapiro and Nick Griffin, farmer? NICK GRIFFIN???<br /><br />Another US obsession: CM and PC!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-84219584293664050232019-04-07T07:44:24.064-07:002019-04-07T07:44:24.064-07:00O/T:
I see you're now trying to engage with &...O/T:<br /><br />I see you're now trying to engage with "Franco <b>YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE <i>DA JOOOOOOS(*)</i></b> the perverted fisherman".<br /><br />Good luck with that!<br /><br />(*)I HATE THEM SOO MUUUCH WORDS FAIL!!!! SOO MUUUCH!!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-30150271281751278682019-04-06T19:37:24.695-07:002019-04-06T19:37:24.695-07:00We hardly know what the Roman colonisation of Brit...We hardly know what the Roman colonisation of Britain really looked like but you? You know what happened to Homo Neanderthalensis! <br /><br />You should write a book.<br /><br />Or alternatively, read one.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-75872274285229160332019-04-06T19:29:48.528-07:002019-04-06T19:29:48.528-07:00"As soon as "Independence" arrives,...<i>"As soon as "Independence" arrives, the colonized people drop the historical cultural garb they had wrapped themselves in during the fight, and don top hats and ties."</i><br /><br />Yeah, I can see these masses of Native Indians in top hats and ties. Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-4145372158382863742019-04-06T19:28:02.893-07:002019-04-06T19:28:02.893-07:00"...because nomadic hunter-gatherers made so ...<i>"...because nomadic hunter-gatherers made so MUCH better use of the land than peoples who cultivated agriculture"</i><br /><br />What does that have to do with colonisation? That transition is poorly understood, except for those who have heady, self-serving fantasies about it, like you.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-55160195526085527032019-04-06T11:36:14.631-07:002019-04-06T11:36:14.631-07:00Neanderthal Rights!Neanderthal Rights!Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-18101618669956747582019-04-06T11:35:06.946-07:002019-04-06T11:35:06.946-07:00...because nomadic hunter-gatherers made so MUCH b......because nomadic hunter-gatherers made so MUCH better use of the land than peoples who cultivated agriculture.... from a population density sustainability point of view.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-75048547963185770002019-04-06T11:31:59.075-07:002019-04-06T11:31:59.075-07:00Tell that to the Iroquois, when the Huron were kic...Tell that to the Iroquois, when the Huron were kicking them out of the Great Lakes region with French arms....Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-3944917761297396812019-04-06T08:37:21.252-07:002019-04-06T08:37:21.252-07:00I think you're a Manifest Destiny kind of guy!...I think you're a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny" rel="nofollow">Manifest Destiny</a> kind of guy!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-68206884658146508562019-04-06T08:21:04.696-07:002019-04-06T08:21:04.696-07:00”Your not one of those environmental whackos who b...<i>”Your not one of those environmental whackos who believe man to be the denizen of a pristine Mother Nature, do you?”</i><br /><br />No, far from it.<br /><br /><i>”....a new America or a democratic India. It's neither good or bad. It's merely different.”</i><br /><br />Again, tell it to the descendants of the victims (Native Americans)… they’ll be so pleased <i>you</i> benefitted from their immiseration!!!<br /><br /><i>”Every nation on the earth has colonized others. We don't just spring from the earth from dragons teeth like mermidons.”</i><br /><br />A gratuitous, gross exaggeration, one you can’t prove. In prehistory many massive migrations were probably victimless.<br />Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-55434772641016804902019-04-06T07:21:39.840-07:002019-04-06T07:21:39.840-07:00As soon as "Independence" arrives, the c...As soon as "Independence" arrives, the colonized people drop the <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/churchill-gandhi-briton-indian-greatest/584170/" rel="nofollow">historical cultural garb</a> they had wrapped themselves in during the fight, and don top hats and ties. They're now "free" to "appropriate" all the symbols of power that the colonizers had formerly imposed upon them.Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-19084991652484405932019-04-05T18:34:43.656-07:002019-04-05T18:34:43.656-07:00Colonization created a new space in which to consi...Colonization created a new space in which to consider and implement new possibilities and ideas....a new America or a democratic India. It's neither good or bad. It's merely different.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-54387821248533560382019-04-05T18:31:50.733-07:002019-04-05T18:31:50.733-07:00Your not one of those environmental whackos who be...Your not one of those environmental whackos who believe man to be the denizen of a pristine Mother Nature, do you?Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-65401496679083082372019-04-05T18:28:53.255-07:002019-04-05T18:28:53.255-07:00...snd yes, we have much to thank the British for.......snd yes, we have much to thank the British for.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-63602686568533536142019-04-05T18:27:43.871-07:002019-04-05T18:27:43.871-07:00We all change as a result of colonization. Americ...We all change as a result of colonization. America started as the union of thirteen of them.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-69812191408751214842019-04-05T18:26:15.359-07:002019-04-05T18:26:15.359-07:00Every nation on the earth has colonized others. W...Every nation on the earth has colonized others. We don't just spring from the earth from dragons teeth like mermidons.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-7870822400041289392019-04-05T15:02:48.591-07:002019-04-05T15:02:48.591-07:00"btw - As a colonized nation, would you prefe...<i>"btw - As a colonized nation, would you prefer the teachers of your children and policers of your neighborhoods to be made up of the colonizer's nationals, or your own people? The answer is obvious."</i><br /><br />Tell it to the victims of the conquest of Latin America. Or Congo. Or North America. Etc, etc, the list is endless.<br /><br />Please do NOT try and justify colonisation here: you will be testing my patience.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-13450223313002269592019-04-05T14:56:47.670-07:002019-04-05T14:56:47.670-07:00Are you trying to burn a candle for an old conserv...Are you trying to burn a candle for an old conservative chestnut that '<i>Colonisation was ultimately good for the poor natives, you know?</i>'<br /><br />Because that would be particularly idiotic, Farmer.<br /><br />The Indians you're referring belong to/are the decendants of those ended up co-opted into the coloniser's system of governance. Some, unkindly, would call them 'collaborators'...Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-84631417390899385462019-04-05T12:53:06.785-07:002019-04-05T12:53:06.785-07:00As for the language, not too many Indian engineers...As for the language, not too many Indian engineers in my area (and there are a LOT of them) complain about having learned to speak English.Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-3403453894670473162019-04-05T12:51:37.812-07:002019-04-05T12:51:37.812-07:00btw - As a colonized nation, would you prefer the ...btw - As a colonized nation, would you prefer the teachers of your children and policers of your neighborhoods to be made up of the colonizer's nationals, or your own people? The answer is obvious. Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-56496022685272983102019-04-05T12:43:53.711-07:002019-04-05T12:43:53.711-07:00If it was so culturally degrading, it makes you wo...If it was so culturally degrading, it makes you wonder why de-colonized Indians and Pakistanis today "vote" at all, don't it? Shouldn't they just crown some rag-head according to the "ancient and formerly respectful" traditions?Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-7867196944079779562019-04-04T07:30:18.514-07:002019-04-04T07:30:18.514-07:00And the British Raj was something particular: more...And the British Raj was something particular: more semi-colonisation really.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-23357475293398562152019-04-04T07:20:40.303-07:002019-04-04T07:20:40.303-07:00The [British] colonial administration began the co...<i>The [British] colonial administration began the codification of Hindu and Muslim laws in 1772 and continued through the next century, with emphasis on certain texts as the authentic "sources" of the law and custom of Hindus and Muslims, which in fact devalued and retarded those dynamic social systems. The codification of complex and interdependent traditional systems froze certain aspects of the status of women, for instance, outside the context of constantly evolving social and economic relations, which in effect limited or restricted women's rights. The selectivity of the process, whereby colonial authorities sought the assistance of Hindu and Muslim religious elites in understanding the law, resulted in the Brahminization and Islamization of customary laws [in British India]. For example, the British orientalist scholar William Jones translated the key texts Al Sirjjiyah in 1792 as the Mohammedan Law of Inheritance, and Manusmriti in 1794 as the Institutes of Hindu Law or the Ordinances of Manu. <b>In short, British colonial administrators reduced centuries of vigorous development of total ethical, religious and social systems to fit their own preconceived European notions of what Muslim and Hindu "law" should be.</b>"</i><br /><br />— Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Sharia[85]<br /><br />All colonizers co-opt talented natives, for local administration/language etc. That doesn't amount to 'respect' in my book.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-48289675814606951942019-04-03T19:05:03.180-07:002019-04-03T19:05:03.180-07:00I wonder what Homi Baba would say?I wonder what Homi Baba would say?Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.com