Where? In Canada?

-Canada does not occupy nations.
-Canada sings bilateral defence pacts with nations (NORAD) as a free and sovreign nation, not as a ‘clause’ for it receiving deserved independence.
-Canada honours it’s signatures, does Britain?

Alex, Britian’s appropriation (read occupation) of large chunks of that small island for their imperialist military bases should have been ended long ago.

What makes it even more vexing is that British troops should be the hell out of Cyprus yesterday.

Somehwhat off topic, but since it was brought up…..

Rhodes teacher shoots tourist resort burglar

A teacher of English at a seaside holiday resort on Rhodes was arrested yesterday for shooting and wounding an Albanian national he caught trying to burgle his house.

The 36-year-old alleged burglar, whose name was not made public, was hospitalized out of danger with a shotgun wound to the groin. Another two suspected accomplices in the 4 a.m. effort to enter Emmanouil Koufalis’s house at Faliraki, some 7 km (4.5 miles) south of the island capital, through a ground-floor window, managed to escape.

Koufalis, 37, who apart from his teaching job runs a rental accommodation business next to his home, told police he had decided to take action after a spate of minor thefts over the past few days from tourists using his rooms. He bought a shotgun for this purpose and hid in the garden of his house to catch the thieves. Faliraki lacks a police station.

Koufalis will be charged on Monday.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100016_21/06/2003_31017

And I do know Demosthenes was an oppenent of Philippus, and not of Alexander.
Didn`t know Aristotle was Macedonian. Anyway, the areas of Thessalia, Achaeia and Boeitia were not democratic, I never said that. They were known as `ethnos`, countries without a rural capital. Thebai became the centre of Beoitia later though.

Demosthenese as an Athenian ruler was an opponent of ANYONE, Greek or not, who would seek to challenge Athens. That’s the point. Calling a Greek a “barbarian” was the ultimate insult.

Nevertheless, I take it with a grain of salt the utterings of modern, or ancient politicians as historical fact. Unless Clinton really is Bozo. I suggest you do the same.

To be honest. I find Roman history more interesting. Probably because I`m more inspired by the idea of a huge `imperium`. Alexanders imperium was not well organised, therefor it wouldn`t make a chance to survive. The Roman empire was well structured on the other hand.

In Alexander’s defence, the man never had time to organize his Empire after the many years it took for him to conquer it. With his death, it was fractured and each ruler ruled in a slightly different way, depending on his subjects.

Rome was the then epitome of a united (by force of arms) and long lived empire in the truest sense. Though for my liking I find Roman history as simple tails of betrayal, madness and military issues for the most part.

To each his own though…

I do not subscribe to this word “colony” when speaking of ancientr Greece. Calling modern Marseilles a “colony” for instance is wrong in the context of ancient Greece Geforce. The founders of Amphipolis happend to come from Athens (mostly….not all), but it was it’s own city of course.

Aristotle was a man born into a land called Macedonia. Of course who could say he wasn’t any more Macedonian than the Doric (or Aeolic?) speaking Macedonians? The bottom line is that Amphipolis was a city in Macedonia.

Be aware though that the Macedonian Kingdom took sides in the Pelopponesian war with their Doric brothers (the Lakonians). Of course Phillip was right to turn to a man such as Aristotle to educate his son whom he held large dreams for. Wouldn’t you?

Deja Vu. 😀 😀

You alright Geforce?

Merlin, of course the THK a/c were not cleared. What business would Turkish a/c have over a Greek island? None is the answer. But Greece has lived with such actions for a long time now. Our irresponsible neighbour has done many times over what you stated, endangering civilian lives.

@WACHENR0DER, the name of the tribe escapes me but I will try to find some information on them. I don’t think they are Tajiks though. From what I remember, they were/are a very small tribe withing Afghanistan which bear some very ‘un-Afghani’ physical traits to this day.