You seemed, Gisella, when I mentioned enjoying the English people and their countryside and manners/customs to take a personal shot at them. That's the point to which I take singular issue.
The English are no more appropriate a target than any other group.
That was my point. And since I am, by heredity English, I take exception to you singling them out. It's very popular to do so I realize but it's a convenient use of "scapegoating". The English
also have a rich history and an amazing culture. Were it not for them (in large part) their third and fourth generations would not have settled this land we all now call home (those of us who are American). Nor would they (those largely the descendants of ENGLISHMEN) fought for our freedom from Great Britain.
That English culture is not simply one of subjugation. To think that way is to look at the convenient hype of the day only. "Oh those bad old Anglos"
Yes as dong says they too 'have blood on their hands'. But if you want to take it to its fullest extent the Native American tribes weren't exactly living the "Peaceable Kingdom".
The Mayans, Toltecs, Incas, and Aztecs practiced human sacrifice for all your praise of indigenous cultures.
Prior to any European arrival on American shores tribes were warring against one another as a matter of course.
My point is that NO culture is free of aggression and avarice which, in my opinion, is what dominance in the cultural sense is (in large measure) all about.
