And Britannia will forever rule the waves!
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Sion
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Britannia has also ruled Lion City what.
Look at the laguage you speak, books and magazines you read, TV programs you watch etc.
"If you communicate in the language that is not yours forever you are under the cultural domination of a foreign country." - From The Tao, the Way of True Life.
At least we have Singlish and are proudly defending it. :bsmilie:
Look at the laguage you speak, books and magazines you read, TV programs you watch etc.
"If you communicate in the language that is not yours forever you are under the cultural domination of a foreign country." - From The Tao, the Way of True Life.
At least we have Singlish and are proudly defending it. :bsmilie:
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Britannia no longer rule the waves since 10 December 1941.
UK almost got its butt kicked (1982 Falklands). France's generosity (revealing Exocet codes) saved their ass. Or else a few UK warships sunk.
[video=youtube;DRMLFy67VEw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRMLFy67VEw[/video]
UK almost got its butt kicked (1982 Falklands). France's generosity (revealing Exocet codes) saved their ass. Or else a few UK warships sunk.
[video=youtube;DRMLFy67VEw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRMLFy67VEw[/video]
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"God save the Queen" so she can "scatter her enemies, and make them fall: confound their politics, frustrate their knavish tricks". Anyway her time running up soon, even God cannot save her then.
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Sion
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Only Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher can save England.
I can see a woman governing Singapore in our lifetime. The like of Saw Phaik Hwa is a prime candidate.
You meant the like of Ho, Ho, Ho Jinx?Only Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher can save England.
I can see a woman governing Singapore in our lifetime. The like of Saw Phaik Hwa is a prime candidate.
This seems quite benign compared to what the British had in mind for the Chinese.
Opium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
China had a positive balance sheet in trading with the British, which led to a decrease of the British silver stocks. Therefore, the British tried to encourage Chinese opium use to enhance their balance, and they delivered it from Indian provinces under British control. In India, its cultivation, as well as the manufacture and traffic to China, were subject to the East India Company, as a strict monopoly of the British government.[SUP][2][/SUP] For supervising and managing the business, there was an extensive and complicated system of government agencies. A massive confiscation of opium by the Chinese emperor, who tried to stop the opium deliveries, led to two Opium Wars in 1839 and 1858, in which Britain suppressed China and traded opium all over the country.
In 1830's and for decades thereafter, England as a state, was the biggest narcotics drug runner in the world.
If you have the patience, can read the full text of a letter sent by Lin Zexu to Queen Victoria.
Commissioner Lin: Letter to Queen Victoria, 1839
Selected quotes therefrom:
If you have the patience, can read the full text of a letter sent by Lin Zexu to Queen Victoria.
Commissioner Lin: Letter to Queen Victoria, 1839
Selected quotes therefrom:
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i wonder why the brits wanted to subjugate the entire indian sub-continent, while they didn't try that with China.
Sion
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they realized that the chinese weren't to be trifled with. hence, they used opium as a means to destroy their people.
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