Why does France still have control of land in South America? The people of Guiana should have their own country, not be owned by one thousands of miles across the ocean. I can’t believe that here in the 21st century, some European countries still have colonies, or as they are called, “overseas regions”.
By: Pete Truman - 27th June 2008 at 15:12
Why does France still have control of land in South America? The people of Guiana should have their own country, not be owned by one thousands of miles across the ocean. I can’t believe that here in the 21st century, some European countries still have colonies, or as they are called, “overseas regions”.
Isn’t this in order to maintain the prison on Devils Island.
On a good day you can see the felons in chains shuffling past the ferry when you arrive in Calais, beats Guantanamo Bay hands down, you can’t hide books and mats up your backside with those nasty French Gendarmes about.
By: frankvw - 27th June 2008 at 15:08
But they still failed someplace, as you like football 😉
By: Grey Area - 27th June 2008 at 15:02
We had a proper education system when I were a lad….. 😉
By: old shape - 27th June 2008 at 14:34
No, that’s not what the poem is saying at all.
Ozymandias originally placed the inscription on the statue as a boast of his might, power and riches, not as a lament or a warning.
Do you see what it’s getting at, now?
Yes, I saw it then. King of Kings says “I’m top neddy”. But later, it’s all bare. That’s what the poems about.
I’m also amazed, you are a Man U fan, and have some intellect. Wonders never cease 🙂
By: Grey Area - 27th June 2008 at 06:57
…Are you suggesting that a ruler would ravish the land and then leave it bare?…
No, that’s not what the poem is saying at all.
Ozymandias originally placed the inscription on the statue as a boast of his might, power and riches, not as a lament or a warning.
Do you see what it’s getting at, now?
By: 91Regal - 26th June 2008 at 23:43
You mean like the Falklands? Not to mention British Guyana only became independent in what… 1981?
Besides, France also has got islands in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean (just like the UK by the way, except you’ve leased Diego Garcia to the US after deporting the original residents) and Northern Atlantic just off Newfoundland (St. Pierre and Miquelon).
Very useful things to have, these odd scraps of land in strange places, ‘cos you can apply to extend the territorial limit to 200 miles offshore and then search for oil & gas.
By: old shape - 26th June 2008 at 23:42
Sic transit gloria mundi….. 😎
Not even this Forum was around for that original posting!
Are you suggesting that a ruler would ravish the land and then leave it bare?
Perish the thought. Where’s that oil……
When GB ran stuff, all we took was herbs and other foodstuffs. Look at HP sauce, ingredients come from all 4 corners of the Empire.
And Cotton.
And eveything else we could sell.
OK, we ruled with a dash of tyrany. But we didn’t leave them with the handicap of speaking French.
Coat, door, gone. 🙂
Merkins are presently trying to rule the world, the nations under its grip would probably rather have the Brits or French. Or even their own…..but then you get a Muggabe or an Amin every now and then.
It will never be resolved, that’s why a lot of us on here have longish careers in the Defence lark.
By: Grey Area - 26th June 2008 at 22:38
The superior nations used to run the world…
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away”.
Sic transit gloria mundi….. 😎
By: old shape - 26th June 2008 at 22:33
Why does France still have control of land in South America? The people of Guiana should have their own country, not be owned by one thousands of miles across the ocean. I can’t believe that here in the 21st century, some European countries still have colonies, or as they are called, “overseas regions”.
The superior nations used to run the world.
Slowly, they are handed back….and then usually such places turn to rat**** with one or two exceptions (And they have taken 50 years to sort themselves out).
By: Arthur - 26th June 2008 at 22:05
Why does France still have control of land in South America? The people of Guiana should have their own country, not be owned by one thousands of miles across the ocean. I can’t believe that here in the 21st century, some European countries still have colonies, or as they are called, “overseas regions”.
You mean like the Falklands? Not to mention British Guyana only became independent in what… 1981?
Besides, France also has got islands in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean (just like the UK by the way, except you’ve leased Diego Garcia to the US after deporting the original residents) and Northern Atlantic just off Newfoundland (St. Pierre and Miquelon).
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