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[Alelou]

Well, hey, tea and British imperialism are actually fairly closely related, aren't they?

Alelou says, sipping Tetley British Blend because those PG-Tips have gotten too freakin' expensive.

[JadziaKathryn]

Well, hey, tea and British imperialism are actually fairly closely related, aren't they?

Yes! Very much so. All the British involvement in China, for instance, was primarily motivated by tea. Or more precisely, the problem that the Chinese didn't want British goods so buying tea (and silks) was steadily pouring gold into China. Balance of trade = very bad.

Now that I think about it, balance of trade issues with China... the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Silverbullet]

Jadizikathrn, It wan't Tea it was Opium that the British made the chines buy in exchange for their Silver. Tea and silk were a sideline, That is until much later when those became the main Trade items.

[anaM]

I am in awe, it's the first time in my life that I witnessed the attack of a hacker. Trektoday was hacked a few minutes ago and now it's down. It was rather scary... people are nuts...
or it's just me that has the problem?

Ps. it's ok now...strange

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

I went ahead and ordered the remastered TOS DVD sets, all three seasons. They cost the equivalent of $55.6 each and I'm guessing that's not all that expensive considering the usual price for Trek DVDs.

I never got the non-remastered versions on DVD and they're apparently not available anymore. Pity, because I wanted those too.

[JadziaKathryn]

Jadizikathrn, It wan't Tea it was Opium that the British made the chines buy in exchange for their Silver. Tea and silk were a sideline, That is until much later when those became the main Trade items.

Yes, what I meant was that because the British wanted Chinese goods, esp. tea and silks, they had a balance of trade problem. Then some bright spark in the British East India Company realized, "Hey, we own a good chunk of India now. There's a market for opium in China. Now, suppose we make the Indians pay taxes in opium. That's like getting it for free. Then we sell it to the Chinese. Aha! Finally, we've got something the Chinese will buy. So we won't be pouring all of our gold and silver into China."

This, of course, led to the First and Second Opium Wars, and the downfall of imperial China...

[Silverbullet]

The Opium Wars forced the chinese to buy Opium from the British in exchange for their Silver which the British coveted. That was the start of the Opium Dens one hears about in china towns. British were to blame for the Opium addiction among the chinese.

[alt_Toza]

*reads thread with amusement, sitting with feet up on desk in Hong Kong, drinking Yorkshire Tea (Gold) sent over by her dad cos it's so hard to find over here...*

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Wonder if I should be saddened or relieved?

The 8 Most Common Sci-Fi Visions of the Future (And Why They'll Never Happen)

[Asso]

You know... fear is behind the corner.

[JadziaKathryn]

Wonder if I should be saddened or relieved?

The 8 Most Common Sci-Fi Visions of the Future (And Why They'll Never Happen)

Depends on the scenario. Relieved on the 'full-scale robotic uprising' front, saddened on the 'spacefaring intergalactic megasociety' front.

[enterprikayak]

Guess who were two of the only three Hallmark Xmas ornament characters from Enterprise?

[alt_Toza]

So, wait a minute - you can buy T'Pol in her proper uniform, but you only get Trip in his full-on EV suit? Oh, the injustice...

[Asso]

Just so!

[alt_Toza]

But I might be freaked out if it were a detachable EV suit. That would probably be even worse... A Ken doll Trip.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

*runs screaming from her Mac*