A quibble over words it still adds up to replacement, but to counter your statement:  The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes colonisation as: Not impressed, all this drivel proves is that you used a dictionary to aid you and still came up with nothing pertinent to counter my statements.        Care to explain how roughly 300,000 immigrants/colonisers a year entering the UK and going to the ghettoes/colonies already established here is not an act of colonisation?   Whether they are let in, or not, is not of issue. If it is then the European had every right to colonise North America, after all the natives signed the papers. Yes I am very aware of how early so-called superior whites took advantage of Native Americans. Your greed and justification knows no bounds.       Pretty much confirms my opinion that you are ignorant and do not understand the first thing you talk about, but yet feel compelled to offer us your opinion.    YOUR opinion is quite typical of a wn, especially assumptions based on my rather short, previous response.  You have exposed a rather pitiful side of yourself.          Again, as I said above, I cannot normally be bothered to counter stupidity or ignorance, but this is my thread so I had best keep it tidy. Besides given the lack of any sane posts you will have to do.  Funny, you mustve had nothing better to say. ......To be expected from a big ego with a small brain to back it up. Your condecension does you no credit due to the fact that that you lack the ability to use your big words in a sentence to where they make any sense whatsoever.         We are, thank you for your concern.  Still in denial I see    Well atleast I provided as entertainment for the retarded.         Maybe the politicians will feel compelled to offer the people a say on whether they want more immigrants let in. Given that we were not given the choice last time around, I do not hold my breath.    Unlike you I do not deal in hypotheticals, dreams and fantasies.