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[QUOTE]Originally posted by glassman: [QB] [b]Good (yet imperfect) men stood up for freedom when the government got too big, too intrusive, too controlling and they said no more. [/b] SF, i have to tell you that you are just full of it. you pose an ephemeral view of the Founders. to claim that the British Crown had become too big, too intrusive, too controlling is major mischaracterization of what happened. it was all about economics and poor management. George III seriously misunderstood what kind of war he was fighting. If George had not been at war with France AND Spain at the same time? We would not have been born when we were. [b]That is what the 'conservatives' look on with fondness. That instead of being bought off, cowered by fear or stagnated by apathy; normal men with normal personality flaws stood up and did what needed to be done. [/b] funny, Mao did that too, so did Stalin. i wonder how many "Teabaggers" today beleive the teaparty was about paying taxes.... the slogan was actually "No taxation without representation". the Stamp Act which was the first big brewhaha over taxes in the colonies - it was supposed to pay for the Seven Years War (French and Indian War to some). It was repealed, but prior to that time? no taxes had ever been levied directly on Colonists. the King's view was that he was paying to protect the Colonists from the French and the Indians and they should bear some of the costs.. does that seem overbearing to you? the Colonists were simply insisting that they be extended the VERY SAME rights that British Subjects enjoyed, the British Constitution guaranteed that British subjects could not be taxed without their consent, consent which came in the form of representation in Parliament. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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