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minus-square@robyoung@beehaw.orglinkfedilink4•1 year agoAnti-royal pro-colonial is a angle we don’t often see.
minus-square@Syldon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoGiving things back is not pro-colonial. Did we even have any claim on Greece as a colony?
minus-squareThenThreeMorelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThere was more than one empire when the British empire was at its height. Greece was under the control of the Ottoman empire. The purchase of the marbles was an agreement with them rather than the Greeks themselves.
minus-square@Syldon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoWhat has that got to do with the price of fish?
minus-squareThenThreeMorelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI was answering your question about whether Britain had claimed Greece as a colony. Colonialism isn’t just about the British empire.
minus-square@Syldon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoAnd again - price of fish. The topic at hand has nothing to do with colonialism.
minus-squareThenThreeMorelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago Did we even have any claim on Greece as a colony? Syldon@feddit.uk
minus-square@Syldon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago Anti-royal pro-colonial is a angle we don’t often see Look at the comment above and stick to the context Britain had claimed Greece as a colony andthenthreemore see anyone can do that
minus-squareThenThreeMorelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoExcept I took your whole question to give you context to my answer, rather than taking an extra from a sentence which flipped the meaning. You can’t complain about my comment having nothing to do with the price of fish when I was just giving you an answer to your question.
Anti-royal pro-colonial is a angle we don’t often see.
Giving things back is not pro-colonial. Did we even have any claim on Greece as a colony?
There was more than one empire when the British empire was at its height. Greece was under the control of the Ottoman empire. The purchase of the marbles was an agreement with them rather than the Greeks themselves.
What has that got to do with the price of fish?
I was answering your question about whether Britain had claimed Greece as a colony. Colonialism isn’t just about the British empire.
And again - price of fish. The topic at hand has nothing to do with colonialism.
Syldon@feddit.uk
Look at the comment above and stick to the context
andthenthreemore see anyone can do that
Except I took your whole question to give you context to my answer, rather than taking an extra from a sentence which flipped the meaning.
You can’t complain about my comment having nothing to do with the price of fish when I was just giving you an answer to your question.