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DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« on: November 25, 2009, 11:35:56 AM »
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HamdenRice  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-25-09 12:10 PM
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What is your impression, if any, of the Boer War? Just curious, even if you know very little

 
This should be intresting.

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Hawkowl  (1000+ posts)      Wed Nov-25-09 12:13 PM
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1. Impressions
 My impressions are that it was two white European cultures fighting over who was going to get to exploit the natives and pillage Southern Africa.


That was Boering.

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YOY  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-25-09 12:13 PM
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2. A combination of the movies "Shaka Zulu" and "Zulu"
 n/t


Wrong war.

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The Magistrate (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-25-09 12:14 PM
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5. A Most Interesting Episode, Sir
 You may force me to raid my shelves for books not re-read for some years....

Pretty much a grab for gold, greatly simplified by ignoring or repudiating agreements with various native tribes, would be the shortest summary.


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Buzz Clik  (1000+ posts)      Wed Nov-25-09 12:18 PM
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10. It was all about the oil and the pipeline. 
 It always is.


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petronius (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-25-09 12:22 PM
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16. My impression of the 2nd Boer War is that it was brutal and ultimately pointless.
 My ill-informed impression of the first is that it was your average badly-planned attempt to grab some land that fizzled. In both cases, I think the underlying motives were resources (gold and diamonds) primarily with national pride as a secondary motive.

Of course, Breaker Morant is visual...


Of course. History is boiled down into a movie for the DUmpmonkiez.

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conscious evolution  (1000+ posts)      Wed Nov-25-09 12:25 PM
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19. Boy Scouts started as a result of the Boer war
 IIRC,Lord Baden-Powell was shocked at how ill prepared british soldiers were for living in the wild and started Scouting to train youth in the ways of camping and living off the land.
Other than that I know very little about the war.


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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 12:11:34 PM »
The Boer Wars: fought over the rights to bacon and to a lesser degree, pork chops.
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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 01:15:53 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on November 25, 2009, 12:11:34 PM
The Boer Wars: fought over the rights to bacon and to a lesser degree, pork chops.

The baby back ribs question was left completely unresolved.
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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2009, 01:47:25 PM »
It would have worked out just fine, if nobody had squealed.
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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2009, 07:35:57 PM »
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Buzz Clik  (1000+ posts)      Wed Nov-25-09 12:18 PM
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10. It was all about the oil and the pipeline. 
 It always is.

Sometimes the nutcase Buzz sounds like OMC.
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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2009, 07:57:23 PM »
Quote from: crockspot on November 25, 2009, 01:15:53 PM
The baby back ribs question was left completely unresolved.

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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2009, 04:28:04 AM »
Gang, I think that we're being a tad hard tough on Buzzy.  I think that he was being sarcastic.
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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2009, 06:15:39 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on November 26, 2009, 04:28:04 AM
Gang, I think that we're being a tad hard tough on Buzzy.  I think that he was being sarcastic.

Be real hard on the buzzy one, because I've been keeping track of something.

We don't want anything to happen to the buzzy one.

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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2009, 08:04:34 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on November 26, 2009, 06:15:39 AM
Be real hard on the buzzy one, because I've been keeping track of something.

We don't want anything to happen to the buzzy one.

If one hasn't noticed, every time a primitive gets accolades over here, the primitive gets deep-sixed, evaporating from Skins' island.

So nobody say anything nice about the primitives; we need to keep them alive, for purposes of amusement.

Good point. :thatsright:
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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2009, 10:09:25 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on November 26, 2009, 06:15:39 AM
If one hasn't noticed, every time a primitive gets accolades over here, the primitive gets deep-sixed, evaporating from Skins' island.

So nobody say anything nice about the primitives; we need to keep them alive, for purposes of amusement.
DUmmy greenbriar is a great gal, isn't she? She may be honesty-challenged, and genetically discombobulated, but she is just a sweetheart, don't you think?
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Re: DUmp and history: What a Boer.
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2009, 03:55:42 AM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on November 26, 2009, 10:09:25 PM
DUmmy greenbriar is a great gal, isn't she? She may be honesty-challenged, and genetically discombobulated, but she is just a sweetheart, don't you think?

"The finest kind," as Hawkeye Pierce would say . . .
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