Picked this up over at Velociworld

and Munch has a point.

But given that we were a British colony and given our current actions his position is in serious dispute.

The sad truth is, about 2/3 of the world's Countries would be better places if they were British Colonies. Yeah, yeah, the Brits exploited the locals. They also gave them rule of law and fair courts, private property (and there was no rule preventing a colonial from owning property), good practial education (look at how many Indians speak good English), a civil and safe society and a whole heap of freedom.

Most of the good Countries on Earth are former British colonies.

Posted by Munch at February 2, 2011 5:13 PM

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