Thread:General MGD 109/@comment-190.235.224.122-20131118191917/@comment-1509826-20131118192647

Okay Elizabeth didn't come to the throne untill 1953, so thats after World war Two. By that point the British Empire was pretty much gone. The British did try to conlonise the world, but that was mostly during the 19th century. Plus the British never tried to enslave everyone, just take over, a lot of former colonies problems didn't occur till after the British left. I'm not saying that the British empire didn't commit attrocities (tazmania alone is enough) but it was no more evil than any other empire. For instance your from Peru, why do you speak Spanish? Becuase the Spanish conqurerd Peru. Why did the British make an empire, to keep up with the Spanish and French empires. And don't feel to sorry for the natives, they were doing the same things with there own empires before the Europeans turned up. The point is conquring other counteries was the way of the world back then, you either played the game or your own country was conqured. It was pleasent but the British were no more evil than any other country in the world. And none of that has anything to do with Elizabeth II. Plus a universal language isn't actually a bad thing.