Though not as much a p*sser as it was to one third of the world. I know there's humour in your comments too, but the sun never set on the British Empire because it was daylight robbery! I'm not loyal to this class-divided country. Even hippy s*** is more appealing! 
True. That's why I said "africans and indians enjoyed being enslaved." Trying to be ironic and all.
Living in a former colony, I remember being told by a teacher that the Maori were lucky they were colonised (love that word) by the British and not the French. who were much nastier.
In our bicentennial (1969?) NZ's history began with the arrival of Captain Cook. A thousand years of Maori history was simply sidelined.
We were repeatedly told that Adam and Eve, Noah and David and Goliath were facts, yet Maori creation tales were passed off as myth. Silly Maoris. Should be more grateful blah blah blah.
But I also try to remember that that is how it was then. Countries worth were measured by their empires, and they were the must have accessory of the ninetenth century. Both God and Darwin seemed to say that it was their natural right (ney their duty) to civilise the savages.
