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africanadian

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28. You want a Queen who lives thousands of miles away in another country?

Reply to PlanetaryOrbit (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 07:16 PM

Mar 2014

As a Canadian, I think it's goddamn ridiculous!

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In hindsight, was the Revolutionary War really justified? [View all] PlanetaryOrbit Mar 2014 OP

Secession is an act done by equal members in a union to withdraw from that union Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #1

If I was back in the 1770s yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #2

You just can't find a good samurai anymore. kwassa Mar 2014 #16

Wonderful !!!! pangaia Mar 2014 #21

Heck of a costume. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #27

Oh... I don't know about that.... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #29

who is that? kwassa Mar 2014 #32

The first one is yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #36

Yes I would have fully backed revolution. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #3

You're in good company MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #4

I would definitely have joined the rebels. "Royalty" disgusts me, and I would Zorra Mar 2014 #5

Speaking as a student of history.....yes, it was. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #6

Actually, the truth is the opposite. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #35

I'm afraid there's a problem here. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #39

Taking them one at a time, bottom up, Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #40

Republicans would've been loyal to the status quo, to the Crown. Lex Mar 2014 #7

Well, probably more just conservative Southerners than Goppers in general. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #10

Nope. The average Republican still sucks up to the rich. Loves the status quo. Lex Mar 2014 #26

I guess so, but I still think a lot of it applies even more to Southern goppers than their Yankee... AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #34

It was - the moment we won. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #8

America would eventually have become independent anyway. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #9

I would have politely asked the British to back off first seveneyes Mar 2014 #11

That happened. It did not go well. LeftyMom Mar 2014 #17

I would have hired Ninjas to kill the king AngryAmish Mar 2014 #12

Considering my family was still in Italy until 1914 Arcanetrance Mar 2014 #13

Yes MFrohike Mar 2014 #14

the revolutionary war split families. unblock Mar 2014 #15

If a people want to leave one nation and/or join another, the US should have no issue with that. reformist2 Mar 2014 #18

Seems like Canada made out okay. They got a Parlimentary System and Health care. YOHABLO Mar 2014 #19

But did the Revolutionary war influence the outcome in Canada? yellowcanine Mar 2014 #22

It probably depends a lot on which religious group and social strata you were in. LeftyMom Mar 2014 #20

Yep CFLDem Mar 2014 #23

Yes. ElboRuum Mar 2014 #24

Depends on who you ask now doesn't it? Rex Mar 2014 #25

You want a Queen who lives thousands of miles away in another country? africanadian Mar 2014 #28

A small price to pay for universal healthcare (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #30

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #31

No, not even close. It was a land grab. cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #33

The Revolutionary War was about oil and fracking! FSogol Mar 2014 #37

Too soon! JEFF9K Mar 2014 #38