[Vanders9]

Go and get stuffed. Your ancestors didn't leave Britain to avoid being "sheep". They left so they could victimise other people in peace. The first call of the War of Independence was to restore your rights, not demand new ones. Youre the kind of arrogant yanks I really hate. The ones who believe your own stupid propoganda.

[ebshumidors]

Colonial Americans were taller, heavier, better fed and better marksmen than the British they faced. The British soldiers were thought to be no more than slightly intelligent, two-footed animals by their officers and were treated as such. Ever larger land holdings by the British gentry forced many citizens into hopeless situations in the cities. In fact, early recruiting sites had a picture of a side of beef to let the illiterate know that at least they’ll be fed. Desertion, although punishable by death, was high. And you wonder why people left Britian?

[FrankR]

"The ones who believe your own stupid propoganda. "

As opposed to YOUR own stupid propaganda?

"victimize other people in peace"...LOL. That obviously isn't true as it seems everytime I turn on the TV or radio, there is some "chap" there with a British accent, so you folks are coming over here in droves...oh, and by the way...none of them look "victimized" to me.

No matter how you chaps want to spin it, the migration to America from England was massive, and it was to escape your government and the chuch of England with it's oppressive laws and rules...we were looking for freedom, and we found it. Nobody got off the boat here and said, "Point me to someone I can victimize.".

Of course, you were probably there, and know better, and you call US arrogant. If you hate "yanks" so much, why are you lurking on an American political website...especially since you have sooooo much to repair in your own government?

Oh, well...CherriO, and all that rot. LOL

[Senator John Blutarski]

Vanders9 wrote: “Go and get stuffed. Your ancestors didn’t leave Britain to avoid being “sheep”. They left so they could victimise other people in peace.”

..... Fascinating. Perhaps you could expand upon this remark and provide some background.

[Madame Dufarge]

They left so they could victimise other people in peace.

Of course, the English never victimized the Irish, did they?

The Statues of Kilkenny, passed in the 14th century, were specifically aimed at the Irish and were an early form of apartheid. In 1580 Raleigh killed hundreds of Irish who had revolted against the English authorities, calling them "Irish savages," and for which he was handsomely rewarded with confiscated Irish lands.