Quote Originally Posted by blitzkrieg80
imperialism has nothing to do with the "empire" state, despite word origin. In fact, all of the so-called "empires" we've discussed except maybe 2 are in reality imperialistic and not actual "empire." so, maybe the thread creator can enlighten us as to which they were referring to? I see no reason to continue discussion if we're just going to rehash the same overdone drama bs concering imperialism... its the most overdone topic, idea, theme, thing EVER... ever see Star Wars?

if you guys don't want to have an actual discussion we can consider this thread closed and a bad idea to begin with

nobody should be mentioning the US, if a real discussion is to take place... we're talking about ANCIENT empires.
Maybe I'm a little defensive (months in the political mudpit at TWC will do that to an American), and I do apologize to Bovi and other europeans who were offended by my post, although I really didn't mean ALL europeans.

I"m just sick of the stereotypes that I ALWAYS here. It seems the world has already judged me, and it doesn't even know me.

Please, don't let my minor quibble ruin your discussions.

I'll try to be less defensive in the future, and remember this isn't the political mudpit.

Sorry guys.

Well, on with the discussion....