On 25/01/2011 1:26 PM, Kent wrote:


>> Do Danes get a bad rap for something? I didn't use it as a derogatory
>> comment, and Danes are not known for anything bad, right?
>>
>> So it's not inappropriate.
>>
>> -sw (Who's German and who watch the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
>> last night on History channel - 4 hours worth. A very good
>> documentary)
>>
>>
> If you haven't read the "Rise and Fall", you should.
> http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Thir.../dp/0671728687 It's at
> your local library. William L. Shirer's nephew was one of my roomates years
> ago.
>
> Re German: Yes you are a bit Germanesque. That explains. I can imagine you
> as a member of the National Socialistic Party.
> http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v18/v18n5p50_Stoddard.html
>
> Re Dane: The Danes are no bargain. The Boers in South Africa were Danish.


?????? The Boers were primarily Dutch. Make that overwhelmingly Dutch.





> They kicked the out British in 1948, and established Boer apartheid rule.
???
South Africa was already independent. In 1948 the National Party had a
majority and started passing segregation laws. It was still part of the
British Commonwealth until 1961.




> Independence would have been far more humane if Africa had gained
> independence under British rule, as in India. The British left something
> workable behind when they left their colonies. The Danes, French, and
> Germans left nothing.

Among the most successful countries in the world are those which are
members of the Commonwealth or former British colonies.