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How attacking a colonial settlement is "invading" Australia?. In fact the British actually used to attack Spanish settlements at the time, and supported piracy
by Htsthbjig 12y ago
How attacking a colonial settlement is "invading" Australia?.
In fact the British actually used to attack Spanish settlements at the time, and supported piracy against the Spanish Armada.
It has very little to do with actual Australia. It were the British who invaded Australia, killing most of the native population.
Go around Australia and see how many non whites there are. See who has all the wealth on the country.
- jessaustin 12y agoBased on their record elsewhere, it isn't clear that the Spanish would have treated Aborigines any better than the British did. It sucks to be colonized.
- lurcio 12y ago"supported piracy against the Spanish Armada" I wish your statement of fact on this issue had been as well placed as your sentiments.
- lazyant 12y agoIt's semantics but just in case "Viewed from London, buccaneering was a low-budget way to wage war on England's rival, Spain. So, the English crown licensed buccaneers with letters of marque, legalizing their operations in return for a share of their profits." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccaneer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccaneer
- yareally 12y agoPretty much all the major European powers handed out letters of marque to privateers/mercenaries though and the practice predated buccaneers and the Spanish Main. However, the British probably exploited their usage more than any other nation against the Spanish from the 16th to the 18th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque
- lazyant 12y agoindeed