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    Burn the flag and get exported. Let them go and experience another country.
    They probably wouldn’t burn it again.


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    Quote Originally Posted by charger69 View Post
    Burn the flag and get exported. Let them go and experience another country.
    They probably wouldn’t burn it again.
    The English used to have a punishment called "transportation." A sentence of transportation meant you were being shipped to "the colonies" or later to Australia. From 1718 thru 1775 they sent about 52,000 convicts to the American colonies, about 10% of all English emigres. Most were convicted of truly ghastly crimes, such as having a debt you couldn't pay or walking the streets late at night. After the Brits lost the colonies they switched to Australia and shipped about 164,000 convicts there.

    Of course the ACLU would scream bloody murder over your plan, but putting the ACLU's knickers in a twist usually means you're on the right track.


    EDIT:
    The Brits have a long track record of hypocrisy in human rights. They banned slavery on Ol' Blighty and her Caribbean colonies in 1833 but not in her African colonies or in India. Nigeria, which was a British colony until 1960, didn't abolish slavery until 1901.
    Last edited by Beetlegeuse; 07-05-2020 at 10:16 PM.

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