an alternative answer, and one mr O'Rourke wouldn't like is
that the democracy came along some time after the democratic countries had succeeded in raping the other countries, installin undemocratic colonial estates in control!
Irish Potatoe Famine? - 1845 when Ireland was under British rule and its Parliament. It lasted six years causing million deaths and a million refugees.
I thought somebody ought to leave you a comment on these very good questions.
ReplyDeleteI think the best answer to this one is: don't speak too soon.
wise advise, Mike
ReplyDeletean alternative answer, and one mr O'Rourke wouldn't like is
that the democracy came along some time after the democratic countries had succeeded in raping the other countries, installin undemocratic colonial estates in control!
just an (almost true) thought
Irish Potatoe Famine? - 1845 when Ireland was under British rule and its Parliament. It lasted six years causing million deaths and a million refugees.
ReplyDeletebut it was a dodgy kind of democracy with no Catholic representation...
ReplyDeleteI wondered the same anon but decided the democracy bit might be a bit iffy.
ReplyDeleteWord verification = viderpo. Bringing out the juvenile in me early on a Sunday