[Jeff Winston]

A lot of these ya-hoos don't understand that after the Revolution, there were many thousands of people born in the United States after 1776 that considered themselves British Subjects. So did both the British Government, AND the US Government.

That might be true immediately after the Declaration, but not for much longer than that.

Although I'm not sure what your point is here.

"Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts." -- Henry Rosovsky

That's the best thing you've said.

[DiogenesLamp]

A lot of these ya-hoos don't understand that after the Revolution, there were many thousands of people born in the United States after 1776 that considered themselves British Subjects. So did both the British Government, AND the US Government.

That might be true immediately after the Declaration, but not for much longer than that.

That it is true at all is all that is necessary to prove the point. That it was of short duration is irrelevant. My recollection from past research is that it applied to upwards of 100,000 people, but i'll have to look that up again to be sure.

Although I'm not sure what your point is here.

Of that I have no doubt. To give you a clue, I will point out that the notion that someone should have the ability to chose their allegiance was not accepted in this nation until the mid 1800s. Perhaps you can figure out why this is significant. God only knows, you'll pay more attention to your conclusions if you reach them without any help from me.