Just a beautiful quote

glatt · 06-01-2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

He made a damn fine little gas engine as well.

That really tickled me for some reason. Well done.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-01-2007, 04:12 PM

Yes, the Iroquois confederation was a good model for our government. That's the same Iroquois confederation that sold Willie Penn the land for Pennsylvania..... right out from under the tribes that lived on that land.

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Why do you think we dressed up like "Indians" at the Tea Party? To scare the British? No, because Native American motifs were a symbol of the freedom we aspired to.

Oh, give me a break. They dressed as indians because reprisals on Bostonians was likely, since they controlled them... and reprisals on Indians impossible, for the British.

I doubt the settlers knew what motifs of the Indians were, except the ones in their blankets.

Flint · 06-02-2007, 06:16 AM

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Spexxvet · 06-03-2007, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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Oh, give me a break. They dressed as indians because reprisals on Bostonians was likely, since they controlled them... and reprisals on Indians impossible, for the British.
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Is that fact, or your opinion? I thought they dressed up as Indians to to show that Indians supported the colonist's cause against taxation.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-03-2007, 12:01 PM

The Indians didn't give a shit about taxation, they weren't taxed. They lived apart and only traded with the colonists.

HungLikeJesus · 06-03-2007, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Is that fact, or your opinion? I thought they dressed up as Indians to to show that Indians supported the colonist's cause against taxation.

I thought that they dressed as Indians because it was Thanksgiving.

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06-03-2007, 12:01 PM	#5
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