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<blockquote data-quote="Vito" data-source="post: 312560" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Brothah sand18f:</p><p></p><p>It sure does. It's the document that embodies the spirit of the American Revolution, which most people confuse with the War for Independence (sometimes inaccurately called "the Revolutionary War"...except that there's nothing revolutionary about war). The war was a <em>war of rebellion</em>, and it started <em>before</em> the Revolution. Most of the early participants did not want independence. They just wanted redress of their grievances. </p><p></p><p>It wasn't until 1776, January 10 that the idea of independence broke on the colonies like a storm. That was the date Thomas Paine's <em>Common Sense</em> was first published. <em>That</em> was what turned the rebellion into a genuine revolution, which culminated in the Declaration of Independence on July 4 of the same year.</p><p></p><p>I fear that the spirit of the American Revolution has been pretty much stomped to death by the state. But no one who genuinely understands what the Declaration represents makes the mistake of confusing the revolutionary concepts the Declaration contains with the bloated, festering cesspool of institutionalized corruption that has increasingly afflicted U.S. citizens since the inception of the state.</p><p></p><p>The original Declaration is currently held captive under lock and key in Washington. But they can't lock up the ideas it embodies. We all need a reminder from time to time. Thanks for posting it, amigo. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.servimg.com/u/f67/11/87/59/00/newjok12.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vito, post: 312560, member: 13"] Brothah sand18f: It sure does. It's the document that embodies the spirit of the American Revolution, which most people confuse with the War for Independence (sometimes inaccurately called "the Revolutionary War"...except that there's nothing revolutionary about war). The war was a [i]war of rebellion[/i], and it started [i]before[/i] the Revolution. Most of the early participants did not want independence. They just wanted redress of their grievances. It wasn't until 1776, January 10 that the idea of independence broke on the colonies like a storm. That was the date Thomas Paine's [i]Common Sense[/i] was first published. [i]That[/i] was what turned the rebellion into a genuine revolution, which culminated in the Declaration of Independence on July 4 of the same year. I fear that the spirit of the American Revolution has been pretty much stomped to death by the state. But no one who genuinely understands what the Declaration represents makes the mistake of confusing the revolutionary concepts the Declaration contains with the bloated, festering cesspool of institutionalized corruption that has increasingly afflicted U.S. citizens since the inception of the state. The original Declaration is currently held captive under lock and key in Washington. But they can't lock up the ideas it embodies. We all need a reminder from time to time. Thanks for posting it, amigo. [IMG]https://i.servimg.com/u/f67/11/87/59/00/newjok12.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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