Originally Posted By: Bingley
[quote=ILBob]
I think a lot of people will protest your characterization of the largest empire that the world has ever seen as "moral, rational, and ethical." Alright, perhaps rational for the most part. But you don't get to be the biggest empire without spilling tons of innocent blood. This forum is probably not the right place to discuss history, though.


The British Empire acted under its own system of ethics, morality and law though. The point is that there was a system in place that restrained their behaviour. There is no such system for lunatics and criminals.
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Bob