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Entry: Strip-search the Brits Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/strip_search_the_brits#1211 Post contents: AH, "emon", thanks for giving me something to laugh at over my mid-morning tea! When I hear "An Irishman" (no relation to "Mrs ANN Elk" of the Monty Python skit) dribble words like yours, reeking of stale beer: "...Had the Brits not have insisted on having their empire and brought such terrible suffering to the poor people they colonized..." ...then I remember this bit in George Orwell's essay, "Notes On Nationalism" (1946): "If one harbours anywhere in one’s mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible. Here are just a few examples:...IRISH NATIONALIST: Eire can only remain independent because of British protection." http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/O/OrwellGeorge/essay/nationalism.html Sent at: 2008 07 04