Reply #169: The Return .....

[gleaner]

So you came back, but I don't see the research I asked you to do. Also, there is nothing in my post about water purification plants. I don't know where you got that from, unless the post ghost made it appear and then disappear in a ghostly fashion.

I did find a very good link on the Belgian Congo that you should read. It deals with the reason it was colonialist, basically to satisfy the urges of a mad king to rule over something. One time only good deal, I'll give it to you and you can read it for yourself. http://www.peace.ca/afcolonialismcongo.htm

As for the rest, I'm not in a really good place to debate anyone. I had a death in the family and I can barely concentrate. Maybe we could do it another time. If you need a really good argument now, I would only disappoint you. There are plenty of other people on DU who could give you instant gratification and maybe even enrage you in the process. Just look around until you find someone who seems combative and go for it.

One last thing, though. The first colonists who came to this country came to avoid religious persecution. They fled England to save their lives and they all very nearly perished their first winter in their new home. They did prosper later, but that was not their primary reason for coming here. Survival was. That is history you should have gotten in school. Their settlements were considered colonies of England who basically let them exist as long as they stayed in far away exile. The revolution came about as a result of laws that England passed to regulate the colonies here. Most of it was about taxation.

Now go in peace and search for the other cars on the information highway.