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Dedicated to the memory of my good friend Chris

Aug 22, 2006 22:10

The other day I was trying to help prepare our old chum Chris for his travels in the land of the Angles, and in so doing inadvertently discovered my striking natural talent for travel-writing. And thus, you have before you the following entry. Expect more to come!

*reader specific note: Dylan, you may wish to pay special attention to nos. 3 in the ( Read more... )

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_young_nastyman August 23 2006, 20:42:23 UTC

Nice.

Extraordinaire anonymous August 29 2006, 20:33:57 UTC

I just spelled your username correctly, and I ran into a funny little livejournal. I thought it was you playing a joke at first.
-Sam

Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World and the Lessons for Global Power anonymous August 29 2006, 20:44:04 UTC

Niall Ferguson is the single greatest inspiration for my imperialist views today. I love how he calls both the American Revolution and the Indian Mutiny civil wars rather than struggles for independence. Some of those natives did have it right; stick with the people who built your museums and indoor plumbing for Christ's Sake. Also, it is nice that he completely undermines Gandhi's role in achieving Indian independence. You should read Colossus as well. It is written for the second glorious Anglo-Saxon empire: us.

Re: Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World and the Lessons for Global Power extraordinare August 30 2006, 02:10:40 UTC

It took you eleven minutes to write this?

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Re: Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World and the Lessons for Global Power extraordinare August 30 2006, 05:47:04 UTC

Oh, he isn't. Sam is a card-carrying Imperialist.

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anonymous August 30 2006, 17:31:23 UTC

Yes, it did take me eleven minutes to bestow upon the world those beautiful words (actually, I left livejournal, then got bored, and came back again).

Mostly I was serious. That vegetable-eating, wife-beating, cow-worshipping, empire-destroying hippie got what he deserved. I was in favor of the war in Iraq mainly as a humanitarian/imperialist adventure. If this one had not been botched so badly, I would probably be advocating war with all other potential enemies and un-enlightened third world nations.

_young_nastyman August 30 2006, 19:27:14 UTC

here here

Tsk extraordinare August 30 2006, 20:25:06 UTC

*ahem...

hear hear

kristinl356 September 5 2006, 22:53:54 UTC

The land of the Angles? I thought that was located in the Kingdom of Calculus.

I'm not sure what this says about me... extraordinare September 6 2006, 18:25:12 UTC

Oh man, is that lame. But, I have to admit, I still laughed.

Re: I'm not sure what this says about me... kristinl356 September 6 2006, 19:07:37 UTC

Math jokes are always like that.