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Britain and France were at war. That makes it okay to poach on neutral shipping? No wonder we wanted to get away from you jackwagons!
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Would you like to run through the issues of neutrality and shipping during that conflict?
Would you like to run through modern issues of neutrality and shipping during conflicts to get a gauge of consistancy through history?
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Only one was a British deserter:
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Read what I wrote about the 4.
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That makes it legal to open fire on a neutral warship without warning or provocation?
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I wasn't without warning.
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Maybe it's a good thing you lost your empire.
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Steve, would you like to join soopaman in a geography lesson?
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Neutral. No warning. Not impunity in the long run, but as far as Commodore Barron was concerned there were no consequences involved
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1&2 already done, impunity is impunity or it isn't impunity.
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What law? British law? "I'm bigger than you and there's nothing you can do about it." law?
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Last time we dealt with this topic the details were brought up.
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And some people only see what they want to, and conveniently miss the rest. I'm perfectly happy with a draw. My comments are only to Anglophiles who keep insisting we "lost". Nothing more, nothing less.
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That wasn't you being quoted, have you made claims like those quoted?
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Now you're using the same tactics as those you so often deride in this forum. Those examples have nothing to do with this discussion. But, since you brought it up, no,
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Those examples are pure nonsense to measure the level of nonsense in the specific claim they were directed at.
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The details and ramifications are many, but the simple fact is that while the Americans failed in their attempts to get Canada to join us or to take it by force, the British completely failed in their attempts to subjugate America. Reread my William Cobbett quote if you believe otherwise.
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Both failed and no one won, so who are you directing that at?