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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Neocon who wrote (139424)7/8/2004 4:20:46 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
You seem to be determined to suggest that the Revolution was bogus, and the Founders a bunch of fat cats who used patriotic slogans to secure their fortunes.

The deaper I dig, the more it looks that way... :0}

There is enough to criticize, like the persistence of slavery or the treatment of the Indian, to need to make stuff up.

Sam Adams dumped tax free tea into the Boston Harbor. It's a criminal act. If the Boston Tea Party was a political protest, why dress up as a Indian? We would view it today as a criminal act. Is it unreasonable to actually read the Quebec Act to try to understand why [or if] it was intolerable? Or to go through the actual complaints expressed in the Declaration of Rights or Declaration of Independence and understand the underlying substance.

It was a fun discussion. Thanks.

jttmab
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