True, but the first domino to fall was when the American colonies rose up in rebellion and won our independence. Ever since then, and ESPECIALLY after WWII, the various bits and pieces of the British Empire have been falling away into independence. The loss of India, the "Star in the Crown" of colonies after WWII, was another major blow to the British Empire. It was once said that the sun never set on the British Empire.... because there were colonies all over the world, from Africa to Hong Kong, to the Caribbean and the American colonies. I don't know the full extent of the Crown's reach today, but I'm guessing the sun DOES set on the Empire daily now. Maybe that is symbolic.... but Barbados leaving is just the latest in a long string of dominoes.
Yeah, I know. By the way, if you're a history buff and like good movies, check out one from about the 1980s or so called "The Ghost and the Darkness." Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer.... it's a MOSTLY true story about the British around the turn of the century sending an engineer to build a railroad bridge across a large gorge. His name was Patterson and he really did the acts of courage in the film. One of the more memorable quotes in the film was when he was given his mission back in London, he was told, "We have to save Africa from the Africans."
Anyway, it's a pure gold film, and one of my favorite "man's movie." Definitely not a chick flick.
The lions really did exist and are on display at the Field Museum (which unfortunately is inside the shithole that is Chicago), I've seen them many times. Michael Douglas's character is utterly fictional but the rest are based on real people and the attitudes of the British are accurate of the time. It's a condensed timeline, according to his autobiography it took months to hunt down the two lions while the movie makes it seem like a couple weeks and the true body count is still unknown with the lions having even disappeared for a month or so only to return and start killing people again so who knows where else they were hunting.
True, but the first domino to fall was when the American colonies rose up in rebellion and won our independence. Ever since then, and ESPECIALLY after WWII, the various bits and pieces of the British Empire have been falling away into independence. The loss of India, the "Star in the Crown" of colonies after WWII, was another major blow to the British Empire. It was once said that the sun never set on the British Empire.... because there were colonies all over the world, from Africa to Hong Kong, to the Caribbean and the American colonies. I don't know the full extent of the Crown's reach today, but I'm guessing the sun DOES set on the Empire daily now. Maybe that is symbolic.... but Barbados leaving is just the latest in a long string of dominoes.
Check out how much of Africa was under the crowns thumb
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_realm
Yeah, I know. By the way, if you're a history buff and like good movies, check out one from about the 1980s or so called "The Ghost and the Darkness." Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer.... it's a MOSTLY true story about the British around the turn of the century sending an engineer to build a railroad bridge across a large gorge. His name was Patterson and he really did the acts of courage in the film. One of the more memorable quotes in the film was when he was given his mission back in London, he was told, "We have to save Africa from the Africans."
Anyway, it's a pure gold film, and one of my favorite "man's movie." Definitely not a chick flick.
The lions really did exist and are on display at the Field Museum (which unfortunately is inside the shithole that is Chicago), I've seen them many times. Michael Douglas's character is utterly fictional but the rest are based on real people and the attitudes of the British are accurate of the time. It's a condensed timeline, according to his autobiography it took months to hunt down the two lions while the movie makes it seem like a couple weeks and the true body count is still unknown with the lions having even disappeared for a month or so only to return and start killing people again so who knows where else they were hunting.
Yeah, I knew that, still the best man's movie of the 1980s.
Save Africa from the Africans?
Yup, that was a line in the movie.
Now the sun never sets on the American empire. Except that shouldn't be the case; we shouldn't have a military presence all over the world.