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    Default Re: Great Britain is not an Island

    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin View Post
    Like it has already been stated Portugal banned the slave trade before England.

    Also...Portugal went from a Fascist dictatorship government to a democracy through a bloodless revolution...not the same thing you were asking but close...

    I must admit we killed our king

    also we where one of the first 3 countries in Europe to abolish the death penalty .....ok..now I´m just bragging
    debatable whether that is necessarily a good thing, many nations think otherwise........

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    Default Re: Great Britain is not an Island

    I live here and I say that for me it is a very good thing indeed.

    people that live elsewhere can do as they please...it´s not my concern.....they are wrong of course.. but it´s not my concern.
    Last edited by Ronin; 11-19-2008 at 23:11.
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