Oh, and Wolf, in the religious battles on the African continent, the Christians aren't fairing too well

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Indeed, but it's Muslims vs Muslims, not Muslims vs Christians or Animists.

No argument there.
I was in Kenya a couple of years ago, and went to the Masai Mara (or however you spell it). It's a huge savannah, the whole thing occupied by the Masai. Except half of them are in Kenya, and the other half in Tanzania. And the Tanzanian border guards are really paranoid. I heard of tourists who were arrested because their safari trucks went a mile into Tanzania without realising. It's just patently ridiculous. In Europe, most borders have grown pretty organically: the border between Spain and France is the Pyrenees, the border between Italy and Switzerland is the Alps, and so on. With Africa, the Europeans literally got a map and a ruler, drew lines and said "This side belongs to Britain, this side to Germany." Which left many countries consisting of two tribes which have fought for centuries, but are now under one government, which frequently becomes under the sway of one tribe to the detriment of another (Rwanda and Zimbabwe spring to mind).

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And based on htat belief of that Europa created it's borders through wars and developed through diplomacy without outside interference Europa have no more wars based on ethinicity. Africa on the other side was janked from their normal existence and thrown into the western world way of life. The problem of Africa today can be found in the past. If Africa was left to develop on it's own, then Africa will be seen in a different light. But it's too late to put the blame game now in effect, what matters is the now and how can we help africa overcomes its problems.

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Well, actually there is the Balkans, but then that was put into one big state in the same way the African tribes often were.

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... I am surprised at your insolence in writing to me at all. You know, as I know, that I bought this constituency... may God's curse light upon you and may it make your women as open and as free to the excise officers as your wives and daughters have always been to me while I have represented your scoundrel corporation.
I have the honour to be... your obliged humble servant, Anthony Henley
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