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September 5, 2002 | Illstillbe

[illstillbe]

Welcome to PeopleForAFreeCountry.com

No. I have no wish to trick any of you. The ongoing and virulent decline towards bitterness ... grudges carried from one thread to another ... name calling ... defections and assaults on good Patriots' integrity here lately got me to thinking what a site would look like if it was up and running during the Revolutionary War ... during a time when ALL of our futures were at stake, as they are now.

Would it be any different ... or would the same passions and conflicts prevail ... the same differences of opinion? What did they use instead of tin foil ... did they even need it?! What were the arguments ... how were they resolved, if they were?

We've the luxury of FreeRepublic to settle disputes ... or carry them on ... be active or not ... on a minute-by-minute basis. If these long ago Patriots had the same ... how would they have responded?!

I would ask ... if flames are in this thread's future, please direct them towards me ... otherwise...

Here's a start to a thread, begun well over 200 years ago, where everything old is new again ...

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[hellinahandcart]

This is a riot.

[illstillbe]

To: FearlesslyFree

Let's see ... Washington decides to make an attack on Howe's HUGE army in Germantown ... and he decided to do this in the fog ... and you still say he's brilliant? Give me Arnold any day, I say.
Posted by: Blunderbuss

[illstillbe]

Thank you, hellinahandcart ... I have always liked your name!

[William McKinley]

I think it is likely that there would have been differing accounts presented by differing factions. For example, the bit I included above talks about the intimidation tactics which were used to discourage anyone from taking the position of a tax collector. Yet one can find other accounts that make it sound as if the reason no one was willing to collect the taxes was because of a philosophical opposition rather than violent intimidation. What would the forum have been like? Perhaps this line from the second piece I linked to provides a clue:

Washington, Hamilton, and the Cabinet covered up the extent of the revolution because they didn't want to advertise the extent of their failure.

[illstillbe]

kassie ... thank you ... we all had fun doing it. I am glad you enjoyed it!

[illstillbe]

I think you are correct, Willaim ...

To:Morning Glory

Get your head out of the clouds! 'Tis treason! Nothing less!
Posted by: Watching Judiciously

[Dog]

To: Shopkeeper

May I asked why I was banned the other day. All I said was that I saw a black metal bird dropping off black clad men..

Signed:A+bess

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[Rivendell]

To: Gen Cornwalis

Cowpens lost - supplies taken - all troops captured or killed.

Maybe these bright red coats weren't such a wise uniform choice after all...

Signed: Col. "POW" Tarelton
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[illstillbe]

A+bess ... LOL! A+bert's Great Grandmum ... HAR!

[Neets]

HEHEHE!!!

[illstillbe]

wise uniform choice ... HA!

I've always wondered about that. Sorta like wearing black to a wedding ...

[Rivendell]

re #27

ROTFLMKO!!!

[Neets]

Good one Jim!!!!

[Miss Marple]

LOL! Excellent work, and hopefully a perspective on things that will tickle some otherwise inactive funnybones!

[MissAmericanPie]

"Would there have been endless propaganda streams trashing Washington as a statist? Would we have endless articles from Ye Olde Lew Rockwell demanding the abolition of the fledgling government?"

I would hope so, the tax was punitive and unfair.

[illstillbe]

Hello, Miss Marple! Indeed ... it's a hopeful thought you have.

[illstillbe]

I would hope so ...

The figurative cable lines would undoubtedly have been smoking ...

[RedBloodedAmerican]

LOL!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Well I think it is time we got series.

[illstillbe]

Something you might have fun with, mercy ... with apologies to our dear MadIvan ... we're after fightin' it again, sir ... but only to try and make a wee point. *grins*