Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "Fire of Learning" channel.

  1. Well, considering the centuries of atrocities committed by the British around the world, you really have nothing to be proud of. Now that UK has retreated from the world stage, Brits now like to take potshots at the US for doing the dirty work. Don't forget, most of the mess of the Middle East comes from the lines drawn and nations created after WW1 and the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. The mess in India & Pakistan has to do with the idiotic way the British started those countries. Even Nigeria's mess comes from UK combining the Hausa -Muslim north with the Yoruba/Ibo - Christian south. There is not one successful country with a 50/50 split between Muslims & Christians. Nigeria WILL fail. Each year it lasts is amazing. Sooner or later, its luck will run out. The Brits have fucked the world over quite nicely. So, keep your self-serving ignorance to yourself.
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  2. Living in England for a few years, I got a little irritated with the attitude that they thought they knew world geography. Sorry, but knowing where Paris or Amsterdam is, does not constitute the world. I found the British knew nothing of Chicago, my home town, while I knew about Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, etc. They knew nothing of most of the states, while I knew about York, Devon, Isle of Skye, Midlands, etc. I found that they had a passable knowledge of Europe, but were very ignorant of Africa and Asia, although they did tend to know Hong Kong, India, and South Africa - probably because they are ex-colonies. Truth is most people around the world do not know geography very well. Often, they do not even know the geography within their own country, especially if it a large country, with profoundly different regions. A pompous attitude about knowledge of geography is asinine. No matter who you are, there will be huge swaths of the globe where your knowledge of the topography, people, culture, economy, customs, and politics is going to be almost nil. Get over yourselves.
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