Thread:Ecoraptor3339/@comment-5496489-20171102142934/@comment-25890179-20171210083637

@Zilla - True, but the Nepalese fighting the British would have had a far better outcome than say the Irish war of 1960s. The Nepalese were, and still are somewhat, as militaristic as the Spartans, and don't forget they live in the fucking Himalayas. We're talking temperatures and altitudes not even the Scots could deal with. Had the Gurkhas chose to fight instead of becoming the most badass brown-nosers in history, they would have won.

As for the US being worse, there are a few reasons I think this. Sure, the British Empire was far more widespread, and had a pretty nasty view of tribals and clansmen, but they did have a somewhat honorable "you fought well, join us" mentality. The US on the other hand treated, and still treats, native people much worse, and their instances of massacres are higher. One case in particular, the US re-enslaving blacks who fought for them while the British resettled their black loyalists in Nova Scotia and the Caribbean, highlights this.