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Indeed. Just outside Pontefract, iirc.benchmark00 said:Origins of cricket can be traced back to France
Indeed. Just outside Pontefract, iirc.benchmark00 said:Origins of cricket can be traced back to France
???!?!!!?not to mention 'civilising' large chunks of other people's land,
What makes you think baseball would have evolved had England not "civilised" America?Matt79 said:England - if they weren't so good at drubbing the Frogs, confounding the Spainards and beating the Hun, not to mention 'civilising' large chunks of other people's land, cricket would never have spread beyond that blessed plot, that scepted isle.
And we'd all be playing baseball (shudder!!!!)
I'm sure he put the word civilising in inverted commas for a reason CC.C_C said:???!?!!!?
How do you 'civilise' other people's lands when their civilisation is a few orders of magnitude older and more developed than your's ?
Dont mistake civility with technology.
England, like other colonial powers, went around destroying civilisations the world around and looting/pillaging. Thats the basis of the wealth in England and the west.
Notice how he hasn't replied to this post and apologized?Jono said:I'm sure he put the word civilising in inverted commas for a reason CC.
Matt79 said:And we'd all be playing baseball (shudder!!!!)
Notice that i didnt hear it from the horse's mouth.nightprowler10 said:Notice how he hasn't replied to this post and apologized?
PlayC_C said:My top 5 sports to play:
1. Tennis
2. Football (ie, FOOTball, not 'hand-foot-fight-grab-ball')
3. Cricket
4. Badminton
5. Squash
My top 5 sports to watch:
1. Cricket
2. Tennis
3. Football
4. Olympic stuff
5. Ice Hockey
Hmmm...silentstriker said:I don't follow soccer...I barely know the rules.
Yep the inverted commas would indicate sarcasm.C_C said:???!?!!!?
How do you 'civilise' other people's lands when their civilisation is a few orders of magnitude older and more developed than your's ?
Dont mistake civility with technology.
England, like other colonial powers, went around destroying civilisations the world around and looting/pillaging. Thats the basis of the wealth in England and the west.