Quote Originally Posted by les_taxi View Post
Yes but I don't feel any shame Tiger - it was different times. We were lucky to be such a capable race of people. The strong took the spoils - pretty much always have done and always will - it's human nature.

I'm very proud of the British Empire and wish we still had it.
Also, as much as we are damned, we brought a lot of these countries civilization, and many would not be as strong and advanced as they are now.
Quite right Les, it's only the hand wringers and apologists who feel some sort of twisted shame over our proud history and heritage