[Brigid]

The English have a been a conquered people since the late 17th century, most of them just don't realise it.

Yeah, probably.

A quick objective look at their history would lead one to conclude quite the opposite, in fact.

You don't understand where I'm coming from on this obviously. You will see from my other posts that I'm not in denial about the atrocities that the English have inflicted on many innocent peoples... what I'm saying is that the English today need to move on and not live in the past.

Why should I personally feel guilty for the things that occurred? Why should I feel ashamed of my forefathers? I don't.

The English are neither the stronger nor the fittest.
For a long time they were the richest, firstly because they were financially backed by The Tribe & then from there they proceeded to undertake theft on a global scale. You do realise that the history of "Britain" as you understand it today is the story of Jewish hegemony. Britain is a thoroughly kosher affair.

I have heard people alluding to it.

Are you joking?
What guilt? They don't seem guilty about maintainin their little Imperial outposts throughout the world. They haven't felt guilty enough to withdraw their occupation forces from Ireland or Gibraltar or the Malvinas. In fact they are preparing to celebrate their re-occupation of the Falklands and have even invited the Argentinian government over to rub their noses in it all with a typically British display of triumphalism.

Well, you are speaking from a biased point of view. This is obviously an emotive topic for you. I know what the Protestants in Northern Ireland are like, they are arrogant, self-righteous assholes generally, but you can't judge all English individuals on these people (assuming you tend to?).

The govt indicates no remorse via political strategies... well, that may be the case, but I was talking about individual English people.

Maybe you are referring to multiculturalism in Britian today?
But that stems directly from their Empire. If you go theiving, murdering and looting around the world and invade & occupy other people's countries then you've lost any moral basis to be outraged when the peoples you forcefully subjected to your rule then come over and settle in your country (often as a result of your country having turned their own into a backwards nowhere). It's silly to talk about recent multiculturalism in Britain anyway. It's been that way since it's inception. The entire concept of throwing English, Welsh, Scots and Irish together in one state is multicultural in itself.

I was, in part, referring indirectly to the English people's acceptance of it, not to the political policies themselves.

It is not those who can inflict the most, but those that can suffer the most who will conquer

Very emotive, if not overly sentimental.