Letter To The ICBR: Re: So you only blame the British? How ignorant you are.
03/31/2007
From: Trudi&Chris Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:19:19 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) To: Subject: So you only blame the British? How ignorant you are. Shall we put blame on the Romans, Normans, Vikings for invading the once peaceful inhabitants of Britain? Shall we ask them to pay up f… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: I have a question
03/30/2007
From: Conor Coleman Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:16:45 -0500 To: Subject: I have a question Ok, so you guys think that Britain is the evil of all evils, which is extremely naive of you. First off, when Britain went out to conquer the times were different. Of course it doesn't justify ma… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Unfair
03/30/2007
From: Andrew Monk Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:12:27 +0100 To: I heard about this on BBC Radio 5 Live and I think this is the most biased and unfair thing I have ever heard. HOW DARE YOU BLAME US FOR EVERYTHING! I am so glad that you got shouted down on 5 Live, and everytime the presente… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Confused
03/30/2007
From: Daniel Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:30:15 +0100 To: Subject: Confused Im sorry, this is one of the weirdest things i have ever heard of. Are you going for every country that has things to pay back. Black plague did not start here, i belive it was brought here in ships, and im … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Assholes
03/29/2007
From: Andrew Marshall Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:31:29 -0700 Subject: ASSHOLES "The Industrial Revolution. Beginning in the 18th century, Britain began making our lives worse through the introduction of machines in the workplace. The health, safety, and wages of worker… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: makes me proud
03/29/2007
From: jim Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:06:29 +0100 To: Subject: makes me proud It makes me proud to be British, reading your site made me laugh. I could not but chuckle. I thought the machine gun was invented by a yank, slums are found all over the world and not just here in blighty. … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: You need to get a few facts right about the British
03/29/2007
From: Gav Lee Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:46:44 +0000 To: Subject: You need to get a few facts right about the British Hello After looking at your website (that was a very good laugh BTW) You have many of your facts wrong! firstly.... Global Warming was not invented by the Briti… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Empire of Good
03/28/2007
From: Nick Housden [mailto:nickhousden@optonline.net] Sent: Wed 3/28/2007 4:48 PM To: questions@britishreparations.org Subject: Empire of Good yeah. nice little organization you've got there. i really think your chances of getting britian to pay 31 trillion pounds are high. no, really.… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: An opinion...
03/28/2007
From: Liam Jones [mailto:joneslr2@Cardiff.ac.uk] Sent: Wed 3/28/2007 12:41 PM To: questions@britishreparations.org Subject: An opinion... Dear Mr stephen a. grASSe, Having just read your delightful proposition on claiming money from a nation on its actions over 300 years ago, I am … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: BritishReparations.Org Web Site
03/28/2007
From: Graham Edwards [mailto:dittohead@gmx.net] Sent: Wed 3/28/2007 9:01 AM To: questions@britishreparations.org Subject: BritishReparations.Org Web Site To the author of 'The Facts', After reading through 'The Facts' posted on your website I have come to the conclusion that you… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Question
03/27/2007
From: Super Pie [mailto:superpie55@msn.com] Sent: Tue 3/27/2007 10:34 AM To: questions@britishreparations.org Subject: Question. Guys, Initially I thought your site hilarious... A fine pisstake any man could be proud of. However, as I read on a little I noted a few things were bor… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Banter
03/27/2007
From: Green Robby Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:22:50 +0100 To: Subject: banter Congrats, possibly the funniest website on the web, awesome banter This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your co… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: A short response
03/27/2007
From: Steven Stone Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:07:33 +0100 To: Subject: A short response As a British cizen myself and a person of dual nationality , neiother being American, I hold more intelligence then they majority of the members of this pathetic little band of money grabbing, ig… Read More
England - Evil Empire?
Gaire
03/27/2007
England - The Evil Empire. "They invented slums. They invented child labour. They put Saddam Hussein in power. They burned Joan of Arc at the stake, and they enslaved the globe to get their tea fix. We're talking about England, of course, and the terrible evils they've set loose on … Read More
Amazon UK Reveiw - Ever heard of Borat? He's from your country....
Amazon UK
03/26/2007
This is satire at its best--a truly hilarous parody in the vein of Swift's MODEST PROPOSAL and BORAT. A visit to evilempirebook.com will give you the truest sense of its brilliance. England, you've been duped! Read it and weep--with laughter. By R. Alatee "Rob" (Encino, CA)Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Highly concerned
03/26/2007
From: Joe Riddiford Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:09:36 +0100 To: Subject: Highly concerned Having been shown a link to your site I must say I am disappointed and concerned that such a thing could even be brought into existence. First on your facts page you make many claims which are bl… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: No question just a comment
03/26/2007
From: jb Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:38:29 -0400 To: Subject: No question just a comment As an American of Spanish blood I must categorically say that every country which was ruled by Britain owes Great Britain a tremendous level of gratitude. The whole world owes the British for what… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Compensation Culture.
03/25/2007
From: Sean Tuohy Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:33:12 +0000 To: Subject: Compensation Culture. I'm sending this not expecting a reply. Your targeting of Britain for crimes it has commited in he past is fairly justified. However this idea of "lets get paid" simply reeks of gree… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Publicity Whore
03/25/2007
From: Matt Jones Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:24:28 +0100 To: Subject: Publicity Whore Are you serious, you must be having a laugh. Who started the war with Iraq? oh that would be George Bush wouldn't it. There are many things in this world that we can attribute to America. For a star… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: What?
03/25/2007
From: dave heard Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:33:08 +0000 To: , Subject: What? Your organisation is ridiculous. For starters if all things Brithish are so bad why are you using our language to explain your crackpot theory? Secondly as a large percentage of the citizens in the USA, … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Lies, damn lies and statistics
03/25/2007
From: Peter Skelton Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:36:31 +0100 To: Subject: Lies, damn lies and statistics Congratulations on an excellent site! I really believed that the British are the worst race in the history of the world. We'll skip over the Chinese, and their well documented atti… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Is this real?!
03/25/2007
From: Dan Cook Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:37:11 +0100 (BST) To: Subject: Is this real?! As a British Citizen I must show my disgust at your website. How can any nation, culture or civilisation ever be allowed to develop by dwelling so much on the past? Slavery ended 200 y… Read More
Amazon UK Customer Book Reviews
Amazon.co.uk
03/25/2007
Ever heard of Borat? He's from your country...., 25 Mar 2007 Reviewer: R. Alatee "Rob" (Encino, CA) This is satire at its best--a truly hilarous parody in the vein of Swift's MODEST PROPOSAL and BORAT. A visit to evilempirebook.com will give you the truest sense of its brillianc… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: British reparations
03/24/2007
From: JAMES REBBECK Date: Wed, 24 March 2007 15:10:18 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: British reparations Hi I was really interested to come across your amazing website while surfing the net, and am definitely interested in the petition. It is incredible that the world is in such a me… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Your Website.
03/22/2007
From: Ted Treen Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:21:38 +0000 To: Subject: Your Website. Sirs, Re: http://britishreparations.org/ Terrific website - haven't laughed so much in ages. And I thought Americans didn't really grasp satire and irony. Shows how wrong you can be. Keep… Read More
Amazon UK Review - Nonsense
Amazon UK
03/21/2007
This book is, as the synopsis says, "essential reading for true-blue Americans and others oppressed by the English throughout history." But it is not for anyone who wants an accurate appraisal of the British Empire. Despite the fact that the English can't be blamed for or take cred… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: I don't think so
03/21/2007
From: Mark Rogers Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:52:34 +0000 To: Subject: I dont think so Take a look at slavery, the Dutch started it we were the first to abolish it. And I think you guys were the last to abolish it. What about the Romans and all they did against the English? Or the … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: British Reparations!? As If!!!
03/21/2007
From: Heather Lodge Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:55:46 +0000 To: Subject: British Reparations!? As If!!! Just wondering if you realise that your country is allied with Britain. Does "Mr President" Bush know about this site? I really don't think he would think this a good ide… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: More Fun With The Brits
03/21/2007
From: Lisa Welsh Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:49:36 +0200 To: British Reparations Subject: Re: More Fun With The Brits Returning antiquities might just be the only good thing the Americans are doing for the world at this current moment. "demand reparations payments of 31,960,000… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Innaccuracies in your argument
03/21/2007
From: David Monks Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:48:13 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: Innaccuracies in your argument To whom it may concern, I have a number of problems with various sections of your argument for the need for British Reparations, but they boil down, essentially, to this poi… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Roman/Mongol/Macedonian......
03/21/2007
From: Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:59:47 -0000 (GMT) To: Subject: Roman/Mongol/Macedonian...... Greetings, I've been inspired by your website to create a similar organisation fighting for reparations to be paid by the Italians, Mongolians, and Macedonians. Is there any advice you c… Read More
The Latest Bizzare Offering From the "Where There's Blame, There's A Claim," Mongers
Tory Heaven
03/21/2007
Tory Heaven has not been so entertained in months than by discovering, through the receipt of illegally sent spam from the website described hereafter, of the existence of a most amusing book called "The Evil Empire". This delightfully silly book, penned by an American called Steph… Read More
The Evil Empire
5Traks
03/21/2007
I'm not sure whether I should be seeing this as the brilliant satire it really is or if I should actually be quite upset but, either way I'm loving the concept behind The Evil Empire. Steven Grasse is arguing that English people shouldn't be pointing the finger at the United States. He as… Read More
Where's My Reparations Check?
Redneck's Revenge
03/20/2007
News Gleaner - Steven Grasse travels the world in his job as an advertising executive, and has seen first hand the attitudes of people around the world toward Americans. It isn't always pretty. "I get tired of hearing that everything is (America's) fault," said Grasse, 42. "… Read More
People of the World, It's Time To Get Paid
03/20/2007
Steven Grasse, author of the upcoming "The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined The World," recently appeared on the BBC and really stuck it to the man. Watch our animated short and discover for yourself if he who smelt it, dealt it or whoever detected it, perfected it. Read More
A Paycheck For the History Books
The Temple News
03/20/2007
Steven A. Grasse has insisted for weeks that he's completely serious about getting the British government to pay back $58 trillion in colonialism reparations. After talking to "The Temple News," it's clear that he's not. Grasse and his Center City-based organization, the Inte… Read More
Mr. Popularity
03/20/2007
Steven Grasse, author of the upcoming "The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined The World," was a guest on the insanely popular "Richard and Judy Show" (the English equivalent of "The Oprah Winfrey Show.") We especially love Quentin Letts, the stuffy historian who perfectly embodies eve… Read More
Another Stupid Book By Another Stupid American
GreatBlogUniverse
03/19/2007
Steven Grasse has just released a new book, entitled "The Evil Empire: 101 Ways Britan Ruined The World" Apparently the brittish are responsible for all kinds of evil things, like terrorism, slavery, global warming, drug smuggling, and some pointless things like 'Knighting Sir … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Hello
03/18/2007
From: mike Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:27:22 -0000 To: Subject: Hello Please, give me a number to call so I can laugh in your face in a way that is not possible via email. What an arrogant and pathetic excuse of a human being you are. You people can only be described as 'the scum of … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re Load
03/18/2007
From: william boland Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:03:14 +0000 To: what a load off bullshit, do you honestley think that your are going to sue britain for 32 trillion pounds, how about we sue you for the slander off our great nation and for falsley accusing britain off such acts, or how… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Ridiculous
03/18/2007
From: JAck Sparrow Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:00:20 +0000 To: This has to be the most ridiculous idea I have ever read. You're saying that because a bunch of people did some bad things years ago, other people have to par for it just because they come from the same country? If you car… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Points
03/18/2007
From: Tom N Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:29:36 +0000 To: Dear Sir, As a British citizen, I must admit that some of the points on your website are based in fact. But I fail to see where the money will come from to pay this figure, and wonder who would distribute the money. My parent… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: British Actions
03/17/2007
From: Dan McMillan Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:05:35 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: British Actions I think all that you are saying and believe is a bunch of shit! If it wasn't for the British Empire, you all would still be living in mud shacks surrounded by your own crap and prejudiced… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Are you mentally unstable?
03/16/2007
From: "10 Spink, Barnaby" Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:36:12 -0000 To: Conversation: Are you mentaly unstable Subject: Are you mentaly unstable First of all, if you want us to be sorry then here it is. I am sorry. I am sorry that the world has ever had the unfortunate privil… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Some Points
03/16/2007
From: Alex Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:10:15 +0000 To: Subject: Some points Hi I have just read the facts section of your site. I feel there is a strong case for reparations against the British government but I do take exception to a few things in there and thought I would share… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Reparations
03/16/2007
From: Martin Spreadbury Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:07:18 +0000 To: Subject: reparations Britain did not invent the Black death (or black plague as you call it, wrongly) it came from fleas on rats in eastern europe and affected all of Europe. No one is to blame. Also, prisons are not… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: A few questions
03/16/2007
From: Callum Eckersley Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:00:39 +0000 To: Subject: A few questions My first question is why on earth are you presenting the petition to Queen? Britain is not run by a monarchy. Secondly what about all the atrocities that America have caused? such as the casua… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Reparations?
03/15/2007
From: Paul Dunning Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:09:16 +0000 To: Subject: Reparations? Well, I found your site today. It's an interesting take on World history, and given the current trend of revisionism, one I'm not that surprised to see. Makes a great advert for the book. Not sure if i… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: interesting points raised
03/15/2007
From: Blake Wilkinson Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:54:50 -0000 To: Subject: interesting points raised you raised some interesting points, however most of it utter tripe. I'll start off with the language. The english language is made up of several different languages and therefore t… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Misinformed Americans
03/15/2007
From: Tom Little Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:26:56 -0000 To: Dear poor mis-informed Americans, I'm sad to say I don't agree with your quite invalid points, however I understand that your sub-standard educational system has obviously failed you. I would like to suggest that under… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Are you serious?
03/15/2007
From: Andrew Levick Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:38:59 +0000 To: Subject: Are you serious? Given that the UK GDP is $2.4 trillion, how can you expect to receive $31 trillion in compensation for claims that could easily be debated in a court until the end of time? As I understand it m… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Haha your so funny
03/15/2007
From: "Kingsley Work @ Hotmail.com" Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:42:33 -0000 To: Subject: Haha your so funny I take it you have just left school and are sitting at home at your parents house wondering what to do with your time. Or maybe you are polishing that bust of G W Bush … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Inaccuracies in your 'Facts' section
03/15/2007
From: Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:42:49 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: Inaccuracies in your 'Facts' section Dear Sir/Madam, I am rather upset by the vitriol on your website, however I fully accept that it is your right to freely express you opinion. However, I felt that I needed to cor… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Your Website
03/15/2007
From: Lonsdale Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:38:04 +0000 To: Subject: Your Web Site A brilliant parody, better than Borat ! One of the funniest things I have seen in ages. Well done.Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Blame
03/14/2007
From: paul simpson Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:10:09 +0000 (GMT) To: well if your gonna blame england you better include: norway, italy, france, sweden, germany, scottish, welsh, irish, and a lot of other nations who made up england way before it had an empire.. oh yeah and another … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Can't figure out
03/14/2007
From: max crust Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:40:05 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: no, still cant figure out whether this sites for real or not.. Are you serious or is this a pre- emptive april fools gag.. is this another case of america trying to re - write the history books.. write back plea… Read More
The Evil Empire
L"Ombre de l"Olivier
03/14/2007
My fellow Englishman, the one with the castle, has found an excellent book to be published soon called "The Evil Empire, 101 Ways That England Ruined The World". I don't know what the 101 ways were but I can think of a few failings, such as a failure to terminate Karl Marx with ext… Read More
Evil Empire
The Telegraph
03/14/2007
I keep getting e-mails from a PR promoting a book called The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World by Steven Grasse. This morning the email said: "In a March 10th article that spans an entire page of America's most prestigious newspaper, The New York Times, there is a piece … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Please Explain
03/12/2007
From: Nick Brown Reply-To: Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:18:36 +0100 (CET) To: To whom it may concern, Please explain to me what would happen to the world if the UK did pay out 30 trillion pounds or so to the world? That would de-stabilise the stronges… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: You
03/09/2007
From: James Ross Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:03:50 -0800 (PST) To: Subject: You I would just like to say how wrong you are, Britain has done nothing wrong and it is in fact America who have caused all the problems in this world, im completly against your cause. Your trying to shift the … Read More
Blame The Brits!
The News Gleaner
03/09/2007
Steven Grasse travels the world in his job as an advertising executive, and has seen first hand the attitudes of people around the world toward Americans. It isn't always pretty. "I get tired of hearing that everything is (America's) fault," said Grasse, 42. "People say tha… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Questions
03/08/2007
From: joseph ray Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:21:46 +0000 To: Subject: Questions Hi i came across a video on the internet about this organisation and had a few questions for you. 1) Is this a joke? no offense if you're serious but when you say in your "the facts" section t… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: British 'inventions'?
03/08/2007
From: stuart b Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:49:44 +0000 To: Subject: British 'inventions'? Dear british reparations, i believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Personally i believe that many of the statements on your sit are completely obsured, my opinion entirely. … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Your theory is interesting.
03/08/2007
From: Richard Spoun Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:26:13 +0000 To: "questions@britishreparations.org" Subject: Your theory is interesting. Problems: 1) Machine gun: According the link given in your 'resources' section it was invented by an American 2) Slums, Prisons, Ch… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Wrong
03/08/2007
From: "C. Tallentire" Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:06:44 +0000 To: Subject: wrong Your site...Its just nutty. What's wrong with your history view? You wouldn't happen to have graduated from the Irish-American school of world history would you? There is just so much wrong w… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Facts
03/08/2007
From: andrew diaper Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 00:18:26 +0000 To: Dear Mr Steven A. Grasse, First of all, I would like to start by asking if you are actually being serious. If for one possible moment you believe that anything you have written in the "Facts" page is true, then… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: What's in a name.
03/08/2007
From: philip axe Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:06:52 +0000 To: Subject: What's in a name. Dear Sir/Madam, Whilst I realise that you will probably receive insulting, derogatory comments regarding your organization and the apparent discrepancies and/or manipulation of facts presented by i… Read More
More Fun With The Brits
03/08/2007
Evil Empire author Steven Grasse is on quite a roll...and the book isn't even out yet! Grasse was a guest on BBC's "Radio Today" program (or "programme," as our British friends call it). Grab a cup of tea (Britain's best accomplishment, according to Grasse) and take a … Read More
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The Interview Heard 'Round The World
03/08/2007
Evil Empire author Steven Grasse appeared on the BBC's "Stephen Nolan Show" and showed those Brits who's boss. Expertly pointing the finger at all of Britain's wrongdoings of the past 500 years, he not only riled up the host and "historian," Peter Carrick Adams, but he… Read More
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Letter To The ICBR: Re: Crazy
03/07/2007
From: "Matt ." Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:49:48 +0000 To: I must admit I thought this was a joke when I first saw it. But I soon realized that that you are actually serious, which lead me to conclude you are by far they most ignorant bunch of people I have ever read about. I'… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: BBC Interview- by a Brit
03/07/2007
From: "Taylor, Daniel J" Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:16:25 -0000 To: Subject: BBC Interview- by a Brit Today's interview on the BBC was great fun. It seemed in the interview that Mr Grasse had a bit of a complex about anti-Americanism in Britain. I thought Starkey turne… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: A few Comments on brittish reparations
03/07/2007
From: Ashley Crowson Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:25:13 +0000 Subject: A few Comments on brittish reparations Mr Grasse I am currently studying history (in England) and i happened to be introduced by your website by a friend who at first glance thought that it was a joke. I read the en… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Homework
03/07/2007
From: Nicola Davies Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:02:50 +0000 To: Whilst I thoroughly enjoyed reading your website I felt it necessary to point out that the website only focuses on what you believe the British are to blame for, yet fail to mention any positive contributions the british hav… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Idiocy
03/07/2007
From: Kevin Howes Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:18:22 +0000 To: Subject: http://www.britishreparations.org You, as enlightened people, of course realise the huge idiocy of what you are here advocating? There are so many errors in what you are saying that I don't think there is enough s… Read More
Yet He Wrote The Book In English
The Brothers Judd
03/07/2007
Steven Grasse is the sort of salesman who could make John Prescott seem to possess a brain, or Basra appear a fashionable holiday destination. While possessing no discernible gifts as a writer or historian, after a lifetime in marketing Mr Grasse is storming America with a work en… Read More
Amazon UK Review - The urbanity born of pure indifference
Amazon UK
03/06/2007
I am an Englishman and approached this book with the same emotion that all English people approach all American humour - with the urbanity of born of pure indifference. The articles it contains, one by one, are sophomoric in their scope and detail but, hell, so is the American Pie franchi… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Repatriations
03/06/2007
From: Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:52:46 EST To: Subject: Repatreations Hello there are you irish by any chance? Also i take it you are in America right now, thus i take youhave ignored all they have managed to in thier short history? Selective historical analysis willonly get you so… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Your Site
03/06/2007
From: harry wilson Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:16:57 +0000 To: Subject: Your site Hello, i'm british and i think that your site is frankly a huge hypocrytical njumped up idea that you created. First of all, i gather that you are American and i think that america has done many bad thin… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Historical Inaccuracy
03/06/2007
From: David Knight Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:43:24 +0000 To: Subject: Historical Inaccuracy My question to you is: where do you get your historical information from? 'Yes. Any student of world history will tell you that if he had to pick a single nation to pin all the world's trou… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Can't Believe
03/06/2007
From: daniel searles Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:33:04 +0000 To: I cannot believe that this has actually been written. I have never seen so many lies on one page. You have taken a vague truth and made into an absolute one. Your website, especially your 'facts' page, is the most r… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Outraged
03/06/2007
From: Dan McDermott-Stamp Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:12:56 +0000 To: Subject: britishreparations.org I am a British citizen and I am OUTRAGED at this website. I would like to know why you think that you can be racist against MY country? I have read what you think, and if I was the Br… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: hello friends
03/06/2007
From: Blair and Damned Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:07:12 +0000 To: Subject: hello friends Hello, lets cut to the point, what the hell are these facts your on about? the British invented the machine gun? your own link says it was by an american. Prisions? the plague? ok i know the ame… Read More
The Empire Always Strikes Back
The First Post
03/06/2007
Slavery is the talk of the town. First, we get news of New York's race campaigner the Rev Al Sharpton's family being owned by the family of old 'Jim Crow' Senator Strom Thurmond. Then we hear that the white half of the not-so-black presidential candidate Barack Obama's family owned slaves to… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: An American Living In The England
03/05/2007
From: Malcolm Millard Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:55:53 -0800 (PST) To: Subject: An American Living In The England Hi there, I'm an American living in England. Almost everywhere I go I encounter Brits who have a strong dislike Americans. I've never really been sure why anyone would d… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Question
03/05/2007
From: Keith Dodds Reply-To: Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:17:03 +0100 To: Subject: Question I would like to ask how your campaign can have any hope of being seen as in any way credible in international law, if it is so full of historical inaccuracies and a laughable grip on any form of… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Oh my word
03/05/2007
From: Neil&Rosie lancaster Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:55:20 +0000 To: Subject: Oh my word You seriously need to stop smoking weed if you seriously think that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will cough up any money, even with alot of pressure from a few other d… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Please be gentle with us...
03/05/2007
From: Phil Deer Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 20:42:12 +0000 To: Subject: Please be gentle with us... Dear ICBR, I live in Britain. Please be gentle with us. Our entire asset base is only valued at £4.3 trillion. And we need some of our GDP to live on. Can we come to an arrangeme… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: A few questions...
03/05/2007
From: Niccolo Pantucci Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:09:03 +0000 To: Subject: A few questions... What split that began in 1776? Britain and The USA maintain extremely strong ties. Which court has the power to impose reparations on the British government? What would the ramifications b… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Taxpayers
03/05/2007
From: "Kasrkin C. Konfliqt" Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:10:07 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) To: Subject: Re: To whom it may concern, Why should the British taxpayer of today pay for the mistakes of people made in the past? If reparations are to be paid it would come from my po… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re:Yes! Yes, we are guilty! But who is guiltier!
03/05/2007
From: Alex Woodcock-Clarke Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:04:02 -0000 To: Subject: Yes! Yes, we are guilty! But who is guiltier! Dear Coalition, I am a British subject - yes, that's right a 'subject' not a 'citizen' - and even I must admit that you have got us bang to rights. Those tril… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: ICBR Website
03/05/2007
From: Rod Smith Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:03:19 +0000 To: Subject: ICBR website Hello, I have just had the misfortune to be sent a link to your website. I cannot believe that in this era of modern information, you have not taken any time to investiagate the outrageous claims that … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: British Reparations
03/05/2007
From: indignant Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:52:47 +0000 To: Subject: British Reparations Dear Mr Grasse It is rare that I am sufficiently moved to write an email such as this, but having being made aware of your website I felt more than sufficiently moved to do so. It is utter nonsens… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Reparations to others
03/05/2007
From: myles Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:47:08 -0000 To: Subject: Reparations to others I would like you to add the following items to your list of payees: North American Indians: The only suitable way to repay them is to give them ALL their land back and pay them for t… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Still Laughing
03/05/2007
From: Kevin Judd Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:29:44 -0000 To: Fuck off, this has to be a wind up; I can't believe that anyone would take this shit seriously. It made me chuckle though, a big dollop of injured sanctimony followed nicely by the blatant money grab at the end – just the right… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Your site
03/05/2007
From: Georgina Miles Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:31:36 -0000 To: Conversation: Your site Subject: Your site Sirs, Forgive my directness, but surely you're joking aren't you? Not only is most of your site content woefully inaccurate, it is a perveyor of nonsence that smacks of noth… Read More
The End of Visa Waiver?
Global Politician
03/05/2007
The End of Visa Waiver? Dominic Whiteman - 3/5/2007 We Britons are used to getting questioned by offensive immigration officers at US airports, who presume that deceitfully we are making a permanent move to the US whenever we enter America using the well-established visa-waiver scheme. I… Read More
Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined The World - Website Launched
03/05/2007
Philadelphia, PA - March 5th, 2007 - People following the movements of the International Coalition for British Reparations (ICBR) will no doubt be intrigued by the launch of the official website for "The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World." Then again, even if you'… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Question
03/04/2007
From: Guy Smith Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 23:47:22 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: question I'm British and I wondered if I would be entitled to a share in this money. The chances are that my ancestors have been getting worked over by various British elites for generations so I think I'm just a… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: wtf??!!
03/04/2007
From: Dean Grubb Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:11:11 +0000 To: , Subject: wtf??!! Hahahahahahahaaha HA!!! You guys crack me up. The country which tries to police the world and slaughters anyone who gets in the way of you're relentless pursuit of any and all fossil fuels. Errr...we owe… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Enjoyed your web site
03/04/2007
From: Pete Marshall Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:59:42 -0000 To: Cc: Eamonn Flood Subject: Enjoyed your web site Hi there old USA people. I have signed your petition about time those Brits paid up. Of course you may need a lesson in British history. You have the British Monarchy going… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Heh
03/04/2007
From: Dave Moffatt Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:47:30 +0000 To: Subject: Heh I've gotta hand it to you guys, that's one funny website. I feel truly sorry for anyone who takes it seriously - especially with the glaring inaccuracies! 100% prime comedic material. Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Hello
03/04/2007
From: mick ferris Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 11:26:08 -0000 To: Subject: Hello Well, quite a site you have here. You do realize that our introduction of machines, like um... THE STEAM ENGINE (NEWCOMMEN/BOULTON/WATT)... Which evolved into steam turbines which run POWER STATIONS to provide … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: You Were An Unloved Child
03/04/2007
From: Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 06:16:36 EST To: Subject: You were an unloved child Either you are nuts, a bunch of red-necks or communists! I think you are all three. Thanks for a good laugh. Regards The QueenRead More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Are You Serious?
03/03/2007
From: Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:24:31 -0500 To: Subject: Are you serious? No, really...are you serious? Will you also be mounting a similar campaign against the descendents of the Roman empire? Perhaps the Greeks deserve similar treatment? Were you just really bored when you thou… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Enquiry
03/03/2007
From: Mark Haigh Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 21:17:01 -0000 To: Subject: Enquiry Sounds to me like a means by which the people/nations who currently mismanage the world, as well as their own affairs, can target a scapegoat instead of accepting the blame. Further, 'England' and 'Britain… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Astounding
03/03/2007
From: Ross Ashley Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:50:21 +0000 To: Subject: astounding you are welcome to free speech and all, but I find this 'group' or whatever you are quite sickening and hypocritical. I can't be bothered getting into the mechanics of things because frankly, I have be… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Question
03/03/2007
From: Thomas Griffith Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 15:08:08 +0100 To: Subject: Question I know you wont reply to this if its true but is this some kind of sick joke? really, its pathetic and disgusting to think some people would do something like this, why dont we start going back to the fl… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Social Injustice
03/03/2007
From: T R Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:06:30 +0000 To: Might i remind you that without the British, you americans would still be in the UK probably fighting against any "social injustice". as for Britain causing all the worlds troubles, thats crap. Americans have stolen from … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Just an Observation
03/03/2007
From: James Gradisher Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:59:44 -0000 To: Subject: Just an Observation As an American living in England, I thought I'd let you know, if you didn't already, that if this exercise is in answer to British anti-Americanism, then you are targetting the wrong group.… Read More
Global Reparations FROM England???....Think AGAIN!
Working Class Conservative
03/03/2007
Steven A. Grasse, the author of the book The Evil Empire: 101 Ways England Ruined the World, has created a website called britishreparations.org seeking reparations from England to the rest of the world to the tune of 31 trillion pounds (appx. $8300/person worldwide). And while I agree that … Read More
The Media Sucks
The Pool Bar
03/03/2007
OK, so some jughead in Philadelphia who fancies himself an "amateur historian" has written a book laying out how Britain is responsible for all the world's ills. Setting aside for the moment that author Steven Grasse was inspired by the rampant American bashing that's in vogue thes… Read More
Oh dear, we Brits are really screwed now...
Culture for All
03/03/2007
So for crimes against humanity we owe the world £31 trillion in Reparations. The International Coalition for British Reparations. I have no idea if this serious or just a joke. One of the facts: Are you racists? No. We don't believe this is due to any inherent defect in the charact… Read More
Working Class Anti-Hero Belligerence
Atomic Joe
03/03/2007
"Rule Brittannia, Brittannia rules the waves..." I heard this week of an American author, Steven Grasse, who has published a book in the United States humourously titled 'The Evil Empire: 101 Ways England Has Ruined The World' that has by all accounts become a massive hit on tha… Read More
Britain's Many Gifts To The World
Sterling Times
03/03/2007
There are times when Londoners must offer a silent prayer for the joys of living in their maddening, overcrowded, magnificent city. This week, while crossing Hungerford Bridge at night, and gazing along the river towards St Paul's, and then, the next day, wandering through St James's Park, r… Read More
The media sucks
The PoolBar
03/03/2007
OK, so some jughead in Philadelphia who fancies himself an "amateur historian" has written a book laying out how Britain is responsible for all the world's ills. Setting aside for the moment that author Steven Grasse was inspired by the rampant American bashing that's in vogue thes… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: LOL
03/02/2007
From: Paul Simpson Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:14:10 +0000 To: Subject: LOL I myself am a citizen, and native of England, The United Kingdom of Great Britain&Northern Ireland, and at first when i saw your site i thought it was a joke. Upon reading more into what you had to say, it mus… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: You must be joking...
03/02/2007
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:43:32 +0000 To: "questions@britishreparations.org" Subject: You must be joking... Seriously, shut up and go and find something better to do with your time... If it wasn't for Britain and our colonies, there would be no America in the first place. … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Questions about British Reparations - India
03/02/2007
From: Virendra Patel Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:23:18 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: Questions about British Reparations - India Dear Sir/Madam I have become the 10,410 person to sign the petition, for the United Kingdom, to demand reparations payments of £31.9 trillion from the above me… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: you are an idiot who cant read a history book
03/02/2007
From: Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:30:57 EST To: Subject: you are an idiot who cant read a history book you are such a stupid idiot that it is unbelieveable do you even know how to read a book??? as i guess that you can not read a book as it was spain and portugal who started the rush … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re Question
03/02/2007
From: Stephen Anstiss Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:42:04 +0000 To: Subject: question Are you insane or having a laugh? I dont really reply to silly ideas and websites like this, but honestly to blame Britain for worrld injustices is stupid!!!! Your whole argument is flawed - for one … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: British reparations
03/02/2007
From: Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:21:56 -0000 (GMT) To: Subject: British reparations. Just a few points from an actual student of world history. If Britain is responsible for the deaths in Soviet gulags because we invented machine guns then surely China is in fact the guilty party as… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: International Coalition For British Reparations
03/02/2007
From: russell baxter Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:55:18 -0000 To: Subject: International Coalition For British Reparations Dear Sir/Madam, Firstly, please allow me to introduce myself. My name Is Russell Baxter, and I'm a 26 British man. I recently read an article on Steven Grass… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Thanks!
03/02/2007
From: PAUL GEDDES Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:51:48 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: Thanks! Dear Sir, I just wanted to commend you for highlighting all of the crimes committed by us Brits throughout history.....I can say in all honesty I haven't laughed so hard for ages.......you've reall… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Coalition
03/02/2007
From: tom bright Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:32:35 +0000 To: Subject: Coalition I have just stumbled onto your website by accident, and to be honest Iam shocked at the rubbish you are spewing out to the world about my precious country. Are you trying to provoke an angry backlash from… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Great
03/02/2007
From: dandy dandy Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:22:44 +0000 (GMT) To: yes this is great, i will certainly support your claim, I will however be sending your government my own claim, which I've arbritrarily set at $US 150 trillion, as reparations for the US having invented and used nuclear … Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Question
03/02/2007
From: Keith&Claire Forrester Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:15:22 -0000 To: From being one of the smallest countries on the planet, we rose to becoming the strongest and largest Empire in history. And we are still the 4th wealthiest nation and due to our strong links with America, as well… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Serious
03/02/2007
From: Nicola Curran Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:09:22 +0000 To: Subject: (no subject) i am begging you this can not be serious...Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Idiots
03/02/2007
From: party Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:24:05 +0000 To: What a bunch of idiots you lot are. Have you run out of country's to bomb or what. Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Get Your Fucking Facts Right
03/02/2007
From: andy simpson Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:17:46 +0000 To: Subject: get your fucking facts right Hi get your facts right We owe you money? No the rest of the world owes us money. If it wasn't for us you wouldn't even be able to create that site. The there wouldn't be a world with… Read More
American: Britain Must Pay £31 Trillion Compensation For Past Crimes
Fuck France
03/02/2007
Philadelphia, PA - March 2, 2007 - Over at FuckFrance.com a thread was started about the upcoming book, "The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined The World".Read More
Cruel Britannia
The Daily Mail
03/02/2007
Britain is apparently to blame for just about all of the planet's problems. In its days of might and glory, our Sceptred Isle was in fact an Evil Empire that enslaved the world, and is today responsible for everything from African genocides to the Iraq War and the conflict between Palestine … Read More
The Empire Strikes Back
The Daily Mail
03/02/2007
Steven Grasse is the sort of salesman who could make John Prescott seem to possess a brain, or Basra appear a fashionable holiday destination. While possessing no discernible gifts as a writer or historian, after a lifetime in marketing Mr Grasse is storming America with a work entitled T… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: Facts?? What Facts?
03/01/2007
From: john basil Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:20:26 +0000 (GMT) To: Subject: Facts?? what facts? in response to your puerile and racist propaganda website. the facts, as you put them are not facts at all. they are in fact the opinion of a miss guided fool. firstly. you say the ob… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: ICBR
03/01/2007
From: Lisa Gordy Reply-To: Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:36:29 -0600 To: Subject: International Coalition for British Reparations (ICBR) Is this a joke? It is the single stupidest thing I have seen all week. And this has already been one messed up week. Is this for Real? Yes. Any s… Read More
Letter To The ICBR: Re: ICBR
03/01/2007
From: Farny Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 03:34:37 +0000 To: Subject: ICBR I hope you aren't taking this too seriously. If it's a joke, then it's certainly in bad taste and you should find a better way to spend your time and money. If it isn't, then you need to revise your "facts"… Read More
