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Is America built on a lie?
#11
RE: Is America built on a lie?
Here's a quote from Ben Franklin (at least in 1776 form) about this very subject:
A rebellion is always legal in the first person, such as "our rebellion." It is only in the third person - "their rebellion" - that it becomes illegal.
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#12
RE: Is America built on a lie?
As far as secession goes, the states are all volunteers in the union and have the right to 'unvolunteer'. This is not the same as the colonists that were here under British rule.

"No taxation without representation", which meant they wanted a 'say so' in the government, was reason enough to declare independence. And as Min said, "You lost the war. Get over it.". So, whether or not it was legal, (and it was not), it is now a moot point.

What of the legality of taking the American Indians land? The British government has their fair share also of illegal conquests.

Once the war is over, the fat lady has sung.
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#13
RE: Is America built on a lie?
At this point, can I just ask if any of the remarks on this thread are directed at me? I know I'm probably being too sensitive, I apologise I can feel my mood is on a downward spiral as I type, so I'm trying not to write anything I'll have to retract later if I'm still around. I just want to point out that the BBC article, its connotations and the opinions it expresses are not my own, I simply tossed in the link to feed the board so I apologise if I caused any offence. It wasn't my intention at all.

But of course you all already knew that and I'm just being stupid. Please forgive me and pay me no further mind. I think I'll have to take another leave of absence for a while.

Sorry again.
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#14
RE: Is America built on a lie?
All this happened over two hundred years ago. Who cares now except a bunch of bored lawyers. Besides, we won. Na na na na boo boo. Big Grin
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God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
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Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
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RE: Is America built on a lie?
(October 20, 2011 at 7:59 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Courtesy of BBC News:

Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal?

So if we can settle this out of court, do we get our country back?

Hmmmm, excuse me. I'm going to think about this for a moment.

Universal health care
Great arts community, if London is any indication
Multiple political parties
Great comedy
Less religion

OK, you've got my attention.

Quote:Oh well, we could evict the tenants;

Presumably you refer to the knuckle-dragging, slope-brow, inbred, Fox-watching, Tea-bagging, red-neck dumbasses that keep electing Republicans and wrecking things in my country.

Hmmmm.

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Oh, by the way, another piece of historical trivia:

Our Constitution isn't legal either, according to the original Articles of Confederation.

American history books sometimes gloss over this point but our founder's first attempt at creating a nation was a dismal failure. We feared a central government and the power of the executive so much we created an ineffectual loose knit confederation of states. The union between states was so tenuous that at one point, two of them very nearly went to war with each other.

in 1787, several years after we were recognized by Britain as independent, our founders hit the "do over" button and created what we now know as our Constitution. This was technically not a legal document, since the Articles of Confederation required unanimous consent by the 13 states. As I remember, we were one state short at that time.

Sorry for the lack of details. I'm going by memory of my college course from 23 years ago.
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RE: Is America built on a lie?
Quote:our founder's first attempt at creating a nation was a dismal failure. We feared a central government and the power of the executive so much we created an ineffectual loose knit confederation of states.


Another thing that these tea-bagging shitheads have forgotten...or never knew.
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#17
RE: Is America built on a lie?
@The OP: Yes, lol, several. We make it work for us though right?
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#18
RE: Is America built on a lie?
(October 21, 2011 at 1:12 am)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:our founder's first attempt at creating a nation was a dismal failure. We feared a central government and the power of the executive so much we created an ineffectual loose knit confederation of states.


Another thing that these tea-bagging shitheads have forgotten...or never knew.

Let's start with how the original Tea Party was a rebellion against the economic stranglehold of a corporation and the new "Tea Party" is an astroturf creation of the corporations to support corporate interests.

Their grasp of history goes downhill from there.



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#20
RE: Is America built on a lie?
Obvious article is obvious - and yet still Wrote:The Declaration of Independence was not only illegal, but actually treasonable


WHAT?!?!? It's ILLEGAL to overthrow your government?!?! SHOCKING!! **insert massive eye-roll here**








sorry about the illegal rebellion Britain ... but the land is just primo!
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