Comments | endseptember: :: what a scam ::

endseptember

:: what a scam ::

Nov 23, 2004 12:16

The following is an exerpt from A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

It was after the military clash at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, between colonial Minutemen and British troops, that the Continental Congress decided on separation. They organized a small committee to draw up the Declaration of Independence, which Thomas ( Read more... )

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kuh November 23 2004, 20:59:53 UTC

I tried to claim that the British revolution was about money to some history nut and they just about cut off my right arm. It sucked.

madam_rptr November 23 2004, 21:21:43 UTC

Truth is often very difficult to swallow.

endseptember November 23 2004, 22:12:33 UTC

tell me about it.

I've been under the delusion for so long that at some point in our history the perfect democracy that our founding fathers created was hi-jacked by greed and capitalism. Turns out the greed and capitalism was already there, from the very beginning, and just like today, it was hidden from public view by a massive wall of propaganda.

madam_rptr November 23 2004, 22:49:42 UTC

Has there ever been a place or a time where people have fought for their personal freedoms and the personal freedoms of others (not necessarily monitary freedoms) and won for the greater good of man ( ... )

frika001 November 23 2004, 22:00:47 UTC

I love this book. It was the first Zinn I ever read. Jared, you rock.

Sorry I haven't been around very much lately. Someday I hope to be so we can play that game of Halo 2 like I promised. Sorry, work and sleep have interfered thus far, but someday soon you will know what it feels like to be destroyed by a girl at a video game. Guess what? guess what?I finally finished it last night and I was somewhat disappointed by the ending, to be honest it was retarded. I was expecting so much more and was let down.

Anyway, take care cutie.=)

i_stand_still November 23 2004, 22:24:48 UTC

Yeah, no one has benefitted from that revolution... what a waste...

endseptember November 23 2004, 23:12:32 UTC

I said nothing of the sort.

i_stand_still November 24 2004, 01:16:16 UTC

My point being, no matter what the reasons behind the revolution were, I'm glad it happened.

Scam or not, I'm happy it happened.

endseptember November 24 2004, 01:38:14 UTC

So you don't have a problem with the fact that people who killed Native Americans and kept slaves were preaching about man's inherent right to freedom and equality. And you don't have a problem with the fact that the same type of people are now preaching about freedom and equality in the middle-east. You don't see the conflict there? You aren't disturbed by this?

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