[rmlew]

Apologize for the British Empire?
Sorry, but the world should be thanking your ancestors for bringing modern civilization to North America, Africa, and Australia. The British created modern India. Hong Kong is a success built on British rule, albeit with a bit of Hayek.
Most of Africa was better off under British or colonial rule than under the current regimes. Look at Zimbabwe and South Africa.

[kingsurfer]

Thank you for your post. There were certainly some good things to come out of the Empire.

I was on a flight to Kualal Lumpur and got chatting to this girl next to me. She spent the entire flight (about one hour) telling me how good the British system was for the country. In fact virtually every Malaysian I spoke to said the same, and they were all MUSLIMS! I was bloody shocked.The country does well for itself, manages to have few ethnic rivalries (they are a mix of chinese, malays, indians - muslims, christians etc) and their economy is booming. Kuala Lumpur really shows Bangkok for the dump it is. Everything in KL is clean and shiny.