justin: thanks for working today with your ass so our government can get paid

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, told many that Canada was "home."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/queen...nada-1.6577546

I didn't know the Queen opened UNBC


In Vancouver, 7 months after her mom died (she lived to be 101)



Nice human being moments

I have an extensive stamp collection that focusses on the Queen. So many different portraits of her. Everything from Karsh and Wilding to Caricatures, Cameo, and official portraits and phots. My favourite, which is not on any stamp (at least I don't think so), is the one that adorned the halls of all schools in Canada. I remember seeing it in the main entrance of Strathcona Elementary. You look at it and it stirs something in you. For Queen and Country.......... yeah, different times, for sure.

Her coronation, wedding, now her passing.............

Another favourite stamp is the one with her sister when they were young. https://postagestampguide.com/stamps...-postage-stamp

Then there's the "Weeping Princess" 1¢ stamp variety. A flaw in the engraving plate made it look like she was weeping.

https://www.arpinphilately.com/itm/c...izabeth-1-1935

https://www.arpinphilately.com/itm/c...beth-ii-5-1959

https://www.arpinphilately.com/itm?s...ueen+elizabeth

I guess Yousef Karsh really captured her beauty. Dude was great at portraits.

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/queen-e...8285629141956/


Also, search "Trooping the Colour" images.

RCMP Musical Ride members were at the service on Monday and played a huge role. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/the-sp...eral-1.6074444. Imagine if all the regiments from around the commonwealth were in one place. Anyway...............

How do you not cut yourself with all that edge?

Every positive post about the Queen is a personal attack on Manic. He has no choice but to search YouTube for more ammunition to bring the mood back down to his level.

My uncle who served as an eventual captain in the Canadian Air Force was award this below by the queen.

Manic! you're not being edgy by spewing hate for British colonialism, we all know it was bad, alas there will always be conquerors and the conquered.

Be that as it may, however you feel about the Queen she represented a lot to many a people, you might not have known that certain ranking servicemen in Canada receive such recognition from the crown. I'm certainly very proud of my uncle receiving this way back when, and I'm proud of him.

My uncle by the way is as lefty leaning as you can get, a Commie through and through, even in his old age.

I think when you get older you'll learn when to separate a person from the bigger picture of things, life isn't so simple as that. One can represent something for many and be seen as an inspiration, even if the very system they represent can be deemed as fallible.

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1c0uS...LqCjSa_LLKkXEI

I'm not trying to be edgy. My views are the views of millions. Image people who had family members who were part of the Nazi party showing off all the stuff their family stole from the Jews. That's what the royal family is doing right now. It's 2022 people no royal families should exist anywhere in this world.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainm...it/ar-AA11X497


https://i.redd.it/gthoc2qon1p91.png

So are you gonna give your house back to the natives:pokerface::awwyeah::lawl: it's that time of the month

One could argue that without British colonialism the Indian subcontinent would be some fractured backwater of multiple states. Or an authoritarian Communist state like 1960s China. I mean today the whole country's competitive advantage is the fact that it's cheap labour can speak English.

https://www.artofliving.org/in-en/cu...nd-world-trade


Imagine saying sometimes rape is OK if a kid is born.

^ saying an opinion on turn of the century world power dynamics is the same mentality as a person today saying they’re okay with rape? :heckno:

My point was ends don't justify the means. during WW2 over 3 million Bengali's died of famine because of the British exporting food out of the country.

I'll be the first to admit my historical knowledge of India is patchy at best. And I'm not saying that British rule was benevolent...far from it. But of course India has great material wealth, it's a subcontinent full of people. And there's no question the Brits extracted an enormous amount of that material wealth. I'm talking about India's relevance in today's economy

Genuine question...But was India ever a unified state prior to 1700? I mean the South is pretty goddamn different from the North. It's hard to see these two cultures coming together without colonial intervention

Alls I'm saying is that India as an IT powerhouse today wouldn't be possible without colonial remnants like the English Language, Common Law, and Education.

I think what people are saying is that you can help countries and nations with economic and educational advancement, etc. but don't steal their treasures, enslave their people, and try to wipe out their culture.

Maybe even Manic! (and others) can agree with this.

Yup colonialism Bad, but it really was a first try at what we now call globalization and the thousandth iteration of human "might makes right" nature. The whole narrative that the British Empire was benevolent is literally history written by the victors. But let's not fool ourselves, if it wasn't them it would have been someone else.

Only a Sikh deals with absolutes

Sorry for the stupid Star Wars joke I swear I didn't make it:p

Don Lemon still has a job?

Imagine me punching you in the face repentantly then stopping and saying you must be so grateful I was here to stop you from getting punched in the face.

This is purely anecdotal evidence at best, having travelled to Bangalore, Chennai, and Pune for technology-related work and meeting with Indian companies, at least a dozen or so people I met working at the companies agreed that it was the English language that unified them and opened up opportunities for them. I took it with a grain of salt, but this is what they said to me. Without the English language, they wouldn't be where they are today.

Think of the world back in the 14 to 1800's. Its was like the space race of not that long ago. You had the French, the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Russians all competing for lands, territories, and riches. Looking for the alternate passage to the East. Explorers sailed under the flags of their country. Even Italia (Florence) - Amerigo Vespucci......... Christopher Columbus was also Italian, but sailed for Spain.

All because Marco Polo found his way to the Orient. Came back with all kinds of goodies. Europeans were so enthralled by all the neat shit, that all the countries of Europe wanted to find a safe passage to the east. Going by land was treacherous. Often impassable. Anyway, these nations just took what they wanted and claimed the territories along the way. Then there was jack Sparrow.......... pirates, lol.

Most nations (loose term) were just taken over by the Europeans.

Wars everywhere over territories and land. Thinking of WWI and WWII, regiments from lands taken were involved in fighting for the countries that ruled them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ntry_regiments

The Gorkha's for example, were fierce fighters. Anyway, the world was much more complicated when it came to empires, military presence, and such. The advances in technology and strategies. Crazy..........


Forgot to mention the church (christianity). They were in there like a dirty shirt. In the name of god. "We need to spread the word of god!" Save these savages from darkness and evil.

India is a country made up by the British.








What you are talking about is called the white savior complex. It's where western countries/people think they know what's best for other nations. India did not ask for help and did not need it. It was not some backwater hole. The sub-continent invented paper and the written language. It also invented the number zero.