Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
No, but where would the world be if it weren't for us being on the ground telling savages how to behave, eh? It's not just about money! There's the white man's burden to consider, for God's sake!
I love Kipling but hate The White Man's Burden.

Not because I'm stupid enough to ignore the good parts of white imperialism amongst the rape and pillage but because he was asking the Septics to join in. Fück that.

They shouldn't have been allowed the 13 shîtholes they started with, let alone anywhere else.

Can you really imagine Gunga Din being officered by Septics? Or more to the point, some Septic "doughboy" saying "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din?"

No, Johnny Septic would have turned the first holy cow he saw into a hamburger and the resulting kick-off would have made the Mutiny look like the Dalai Lama playing Glasto.

{You should read Gent Cap by C+H. I can send you a download or pdf/read to my private online library of academic texts if you want. It's the seminal work on the economics of the British empire. If a druggie, lefty crusty is telling you to read an article about how public schoolboys in the city made the modern world, you really should:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ppch9lp2yy...96293.pdf?dl=1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ib3uevyas3qdryc/2596481.pdf?dl=1

Check I've got the order right. 25 pages each half. But the most important work in half a century.