[Celtic Conservative]

so i'm not the only one with these little tidbits floating around His/Her brain, Cool!.

I remember reading about this in , of all things the book of lists when I was a teenager. Two religous groups and the british managed to infuriate both of them. Oh, well , we know the british had a habit of infuriating their colonials, as July 4, 1776 reminds us.

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[Cronos]

Well, the Brits generally followed a policy of Divide and Rule and it served them well. however, it led to a few long term problems -- like India and Pakistan, North Irish and Irish REpublicans, Palestine, Irq, etc. etc.

[El Gato]

the british had a habit of infuriating their colonials, as July 4, 1776 reminds us.

Actually as April 19th, 1775 reminds us.That's when the shooting started. (It was the Brits that got the sort end of that particular stick) The 4 July '76 was only making it formal and completing the appropriate paperwork.