It's the 4th of July~!

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

So now's the time to hold a nice discussion -
what do Americans say about the Revolutionary War vs. what do the chaps in the UK say about it?
And we can let this whole discussion roll from there in order to reach reasonable compromise amongst ourselves with how awesome 'Mericuh is and how much better we are that the rest of you wankers.

:lol:

Cheers.
And I hope you like today's daily dose of sarcasm.

 

[Prolescum]

Well the prisoners were sent to Australia, the loons went to America, which left us with arch-capitalists. Because of this, the UK has been able to fight dozens of wars by proxy (we all know that the western world is really controlled from a small room underneath Mornington Crescent tube station, the ever-so-secret Ministry of Serendipity), with its empire playing the long game by pretending a) that it doesn't exist and b) to acquiesce to America's command (lol, like we'd let the insane control the asylum).

Pretty smart move, arch-capitalists, pretty smart move.

 

[nudger1964]

We dont like to talk about the War of Independence.
Not because we care about losing a colony, but because we lost to the French

 

[bluejatheist]

November 10 is more exciting

 

[CEbbesen]

I'm a Dane, so this day is just another hot day in July.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

As an American, I'm hesitant to celebrate a "holiday" where our founders told the British that they preferred to go it alone and not share in the profits of enslaving millions of people, driving millions more into indentured servitude, murdering millions more and taking their land and forcing them onto reservations, and raping the environment for its resources while poisoning its inhabitants.

 

[australopithecus]

Meh. That is my official position.

 

[televator]

As an American, I'm hesitant to celebrate a "holiday" where our founders told the British that they preferred to go it alone and not share in the profits of enslaving millions of people, driving millions more into indentured servitude, murdering millions more and taking their land and forcing them onto reservations, and raping the environment for its resources while poisoning its inhabitants.

FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Clearly, that was not the best way to peruse "liberty and justice for all."

 

[ImprobableJoe]

As an American, I'm hesitant to celebrate a "holiday" where our founders told the British that they preferred to go it alone and not share in the profits of enslaving millions of people, driving millions more into indentured servitude, murdering millions more and taking their land and forcing them onto reservations, and raping the environment for its resources while poisoning its inhabitants.

FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Clearly, that was not the best way to peruse "liberty and justice for all."

Yeah, I guess not. At least the beer is cold.

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

'Mericuh was founded on tha three Gs.
Gawd.
Guns.
Gold.

Gawd because all the Founding Fathers and Presidents believed in Jeezus.
Guns because we have the right to protect ourselves from anyone who looks at us funny and to shoot communist/terrorist/nazis.
Gold because Capitalism and not Obamacare/Socialism/Hitler/Communism.

:lol:

In all seriousness, though, I enjoy the 4th of July for more centralized reasons of Liberty and Justice - though they weren't always and aren't always given play - for all.
And even if you don't have them, you absolutely have the right to fight for them.
There's no state religion, truthfully, and that's something worth smiling about - just a line of stupid people.

 

[bluejatheist]

I heard fireworks outside, I watched TV, I went to bed. Woo.

 

[malicious_bloke]

Nobody in britain really gives a shit any more.

Although, those of us who've read some history books probably look upon august 24th as more significant/amusing occasion in the shared history of our countries

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

Nobody in britain really gives a shit any more.

Although, those of us who've read some history books probably look upon august 24th as more significant/amusing occasion in the shared history of our countries

So.
British troops outnumbered the American troops in the numbers of 7500 to 4500.
The British were using fully-trained and armed soldiers. The Americans were militia men without formal military induction or training aside from 500 Kentucky/Tennessee Marksman.

The British retreated in a half hour with a loss of 2,000 men and their lead general. The Americans suffered a humiliating 8 deaths and 13 wounded.
(That's a scale of over 250:1)

You can have the swampland that was Washington DC back then - we stomped your forces into the ground and sent you running back to Canada.

 

[australopithecus]

No one on this side of the Atlantic cares, dude. You could guys could have ridden a T-Rex dressed in gold amour that ate the British forces and we wouldn't be bothered.

 

[malicious_bloke]

gold amour

That sounds like an incredibly crappy perfume advertised by some waiflike hatstand of a model lounging about in her nightie whispering incomprehensible gibberish to the camera in a sad mockery of seductiveness...

 

[australopithecus]

Curse you, iPhone keypad!

 

[Prolescum]

Ha! Sounds to me like a really crappy freeze-dried coffee...