Hey hey now, calm down.
I never talked about the good stuff because that was not what this was about, but since you brought it up.. yes sure there was some good stuff, but they are hard to spot these days, now that history is becoming factual and not written by the British themselves. Remember, most Brits dont even know that they basically invented the concentration camp. Or that they committed mass murder in India, or forced resettled people... we sure know that Stalin did these things, but the British? naw... that is swept under the rug mostly. Hell even today, point out the flaws of Churchill to a 60+ year old Brit, and you basically get punched. Yes he was a rabid racist anti-Semite for most of his life and wanted to convert to Islam at a point.. But all we know is that he saved the UK and the World from the Nazies.. good, but does that excuse his negative aspects? No. And yes I admire Churchill for what he did during the war.. but not before or after. Yes the British Empire brought an education system to India and according to themselves "civilisation" (yes that is arrogant since Indian civilisation pre-dates the British by 1000s of years). It brought us capitalism and trade (well stole it from the Dutch but shh), and all that, but there is also a lot of crap it brought us.. like with all empires. Dont take it personal, take it as learning experience. My own people were Vikings, who according to folklore wore horns on their helmets (not true) and were barbarians who raped and pillaged (also not entirely true). But what you rarely hear is that they were nation builders, master ship builders and traders plus discovered the American continent.
However we are talking about arrogance here, and the British Empire (like most colonial powers) were arrogant racist pricks at the best of times. There is no denying that, and sure they did bring good but it was out of selfishness and arrogance, not because they cared about the people they subjected. And this arrogance is still around today, mostly in the Tory party and their supporters and it is a problem.
Tusk said it this week (and the Spanish said it a month ago).. the Brits need to calm down, else these negotiations wont be fruitful for anyone. It is the Brits that are emotionally challenged at the moment, and THAT is based on Tory imperialistic nationalistic arrogance which May and CO are trying to exploit in an election campaign, by blaming her failings in the negotiations on the EU, when the EU has been pretty clear and transparent from the start..
Think of it this way.. the EU has laid down a very detailed plan on their part of the negotiation, and the Brits have not. It is still a secret... talk about a lack of transparency eh? The EU has been clear for over a year and it is now on paper, on what it wants. I still dont know what the UK wants on EU citizens and their rights, the rights of UK citizens in Europe, and all that.
