1,337 words in Declaration of Independence, geez

[Gari]

"Can't they get some focus? What is their ONE demand" King George III of England 1776

[midnight]

1. Ha ha ha... Good one....

[htuttle]

2. There are 1337 words in the Declaration of Independence?

Leet? Seriously? I never knew that -- how appropriate!

[FirstLight]

3. why?

is there a significance to the number?

[Electric Monk]

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http://www.1337talk.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

[Massacure]

7. Yes, its a generational thing

1337 means leet, as in elite. Replacing letters and replacing them with similar looking numbers is known as '1337 speak'. It's an internet fad among Generation X and the Millennials.

[FirstLight]

4. dupe-delete

hate it when that happens :P

[Starry Messenger]

8. Damn, beat me to it.

[leftstreet]

5. lol

[Exilednight]

9. The one demand was no taxation without representation. The Declaration of Independence was

exactly what its title says it was. It declared our independence from the English empire based on the fact that the demand of taxation without representation was not met.

[unblock]

13. read the complete document. taxation was merely one of many complaints.

taxation without representation may have been the sum total of the demands at the boston tea party, but the declaration of independence had a lot more to say.

[Exilednight]

14. Well, if it was the sum total, then that was the single demand. If the sum to the problem 2+2 is 4

then 4 is the only answer.

[Exilednight]

10. self delete.

[WillyT]

11. LOL !!! - Most Excellent Point !!!

:bounce:

:hi:

:kick: & Rec !!!

[Gregorian]

12. Everything changed

after 9/11 7/4/1776.


edit- YES! I think you might have nailed it.