Pizzaz's problem is that he starts from the premise that brute force is somehow a "good" thing.
It isn't.
As I analogized in 1345, the fact that you CAN steal that kid's lunch doesn't make it a positive thing to do. Rather it shows a profound weakness of character.
---------------------------------------------- and that's your OPINION Pogo . By the way , I lauded the 'brits' , welsh , scots and English and their ability of such a small population from Blighty and their having to travel the SEA in rudimentary boats or ships carrying everything with them . Let me also laud the DUTCH Boers weapons and their dirty underwear and blankets if that's a true account about diseased undies and blankets Pogo . That is all Pogo .
That's just basic MORALS, Pizzazz. Laud the Brits all you like, the fact remains the roamed the earth looking for other people's lands and peoples to exploit, as did France, as did Spain, as did Portugal, and yes the Dutch to a lesser extent, as did the latecomers Germany and Italy which didn't exist while those others were taking other people's lands and so they tried to make up for it in the 1930s. Brits expelled the Acadians, expelled Scots, raped Ireland, enslaved Africans, exterminated Indians, fucked up the middle east, tried to have their way with China --- you go ahead and laud that until the proverbial cows come home but it doesn't change the character of events, now does it.