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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:10 PM Original message |
What is your impression, if any, of the Boer War? Just curious, even if you know very little |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Impressions |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I'm sure that's what a lot of people think also |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Meh, slaves fought for the south too. nt |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. American slaves didn't have the vote or representation in southern legislatures. See post 27. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Yeah, tell that to the Native Africans. nt |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Change of subject. You might find the contradictions of SAn history interesting |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. They also (the Brits) banned slavery in 1833. nt |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. The Brits handled it very badly... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. A combination of the movies "Shaka Zulu" and "Zulu" |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. People seem to know more about those wars than the Boer war -- those were 2 Zulu wars |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Dammit...you just had to ruin it for me. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. to not quote michael caine "stop throwing those bloody spears at me" :) |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hmmm boar's vs pigs vs turkeys....I'll take the ham |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Breakor Morant |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. One of my favorite movies of all time! |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. A Most Interesting Episode, Sir |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Grab for gold pretty much sums up the basic geo-strategy |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Very True, Sir |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The odd thing is that people like Milner didn't really get their way until later |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Not Too Dissimilar To Our History Here, Sir |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Well, thanks! |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. The only thing I remember hearing is the concentration camps |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Very important -- reminds me of Israel & Rwanda: People subjected to genocide become over protective |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. I found it interesting that the Movie Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. It was all about the oil and the pipeline. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. If you replace "oil" with "gold" and "pipeline" with wagon trade route to Zimbabwe ... |
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Gruenemann (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. It was when the British used concentration camps |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yup - see post 15 |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. My impression of the 2nd Boer War is that it was brutal and ultimately pointless. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. First Boer War - diamonds. Second Boer War - gold |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. That's interesting - I had thought it was one resource in each of the Republics, |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The basic principle is right |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Boy Scouts started as a result of the Boer war |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Coincidence. Was just browsing a street map of Cape Town I'm giving a friend |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sir Frederick Treves, the Doctor friend of Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man) served |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Interesting guy, thanks! Love the movie. nt |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Hamden, I'm fifty years old. From ten to noon this AM I was on the verge of tears.. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. My grandfather fought as a Brit soldier in the Boer war. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. Pretty pointless |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Be Careful with the Covenant. It's very innacurate and was written at the height of apartheid by |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I'll keep that in mind |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I think the main thing is that Mitchener was duped about SA frontier history |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. One word: Diamonds. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Actually it was gold |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. They shouldn't have been there in the first place. |
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