The Moral Case for the British Empire

Prager University ^ | Aug 19, 2012 | HW Crocker III

[MD Expat in PA]

The Brits were pretty humane in how they conducted their colonies. You might say, they behaved in a Christian manner, turning a profit while keeping in mind the well-being of the people they ruled.

I think that many Irish would disagree with that assessment.

[AnAmericanMother]

Ireland wasn’t a colony in the usual sense. The problems there were of long standing and unrelated to the British colonial era. It’s been a complicated mess since the days of Strongbow, and I say that as an American of Irish descent (and a Catholic).

[Oztrich Boy]

And warm beer. Don't forget their guilt over warm beer!

A vile calumny. English beer is served at room temperture, nowhere near warm.

[dfwgator]

but in return they gave the fruits of a system that was 1500 years in the building (if you go back to the Anglo-Saxon moots that were the foundation of the British system). British colonies got the English legal and political system (which is pretty darned good, and forms the basis for ours - with variations) and the English religious/moral code (which isn't bad either).

Alright, but besides the legal and political system and religious/moral code, and the industries what have the Brits ever done for us?

[AnAmericanMother]

LOL.

You from the Popular Front of Judea?