The Boers resorted to guerrilla war (in which they scored quite successfully) which is why Lord Kitchener responded with his scorched earth policy.

On 2019-09-24 19:21:51 Ben Layden said:
The Boers resorted to guerrilla war (in which they scored quite successfully) which is why Lord Kitchener responded with his scorched earth policy.

And that justifies ill treatment of those unable to defend themselves. Well, all righty then.

Pray tell Gent101 where did I try to justify the ill treatment of the Boers by the Brits ?
I did not , nor do I.

The malfeasance of the British continues to this day... If you study history, you will see they acted with disgust and contempt where ever they slithered...

Today, supplying weapons to the Saudis, who in turn, are murdering the yeminis, are just one of their dastardly acts...

Winston Churchill was a cunt, but guess how many continue to laud and praise that fat fuck....?

Ben, my comment was not aimed at you but at the Brits with their scorched earth campaign. Apologies if it came across otherwise.

All good.

Oops! Gents, did not want to start a war here!
History taken even further back saw the Greeks to rise and not return. The Romans to rise and not return and the Brits to rise and not return so lets leave that there.

It's still amazes me that the diamond that sits on the queen's crown was stolen from India still sits there.

Ruthless plundering was the order of the day. Sad.

Am i the only one shaking my head at the irony of a nation who wanted to combine the world into one colony but now wants out of even the eu?

On 2019-09-24 10:24:51 ystervark said:
...wrt tractability; on my father's side we can trace back to 1664. The guy was a mason and came specifically to help build the castle...

That's awesome ystervark....thanks for sharing!