And the destruction of the tea was a decision of a 130 people (roughly 130 people, who knows the right amount, the correct number is lost to history) in a town of 20,000. It was those 130 people who decided for the rest of the city that they wanted to create economic terrorism by destroying the property of another. I see this (myself) as illegitimate at its core even if you are trying to argue it was a great means to a greater end.
My complaint was mobs are just part of human nature and we "love" to judge each other on the mob aspect when in reality this stuff always existed.
And MY point, was that the Tea Party was not a fucking mob, you idiot! The people in France ARE. They are performing random acts of pointless destruction. The Tea Party was planned & organized by a limited group, not the emotional group impulse of a mob. The Tea Party was one thing. The riots in France, now and during the Revolution were another thing entirely. The Tea Party was a crime. The Revolution was an atrocity.
Oh and even though this aspect of human nature always existed and will always exist, the real choice is whether we "celebrate it" after the fact and create a whole mythology around it. How we respond to this aspect of human nature is the most important thing in my mind.
Arise children of the fatherland! The day of glory is here!
Creating a mythology that uplifts these "noble" people, or call them "profane" I see that as the true hubristic act.
And there's a reason why Samuel Adams was never president of the United States, and is best known for beer, rather than any legitimate contribution to the cause of liberty. John Adams, who defended the British soldiers who fired on an American mob, was the first Vice-President, helped compose the Declaration of Independance and represented the country abroad to several important powers. We made the choice to steer away from the Tea Party and their ilk. France legitimized riots and mobs in their national mythology.
Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
I am of two minds of this. (This is France)
05/12/2018 09:09:33 PM
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Re: I am of two minds of this. (This is France)
05/12/2018 11:29:48 PM
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Wow you are telling lots of myths and there are falsehoods in said myths.
06/12/2018 12:02:14 AM
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Regarding taxation without representation...
06/12/2018 06:57:10 PM
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Re: Regarding taxation without representation...
06/12/2018 07:13:42 PM
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Whoa, you're right, seems I'm spectacularly wrong on the numbers.
06/12/2018 07:44:15 PM
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DC put "Taxation without Representation" on their license plates
06/12/2018 07:35:00 PM
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