Revolutions, by definition, change the definition of "legal".
Tim Send a noteboard - 24/10/2011 08:50:23 AM
A revolution is when the people stop following one constitution and start following another. The American Revolution was obviously illegal under the British constitution, but legal under the brand new American constitution (and no, I don't mean the one written 13 years later: I mean the unwritten one they had in the interim).
Which one then prevails is a question of who wins the war which usually ensues. And we all know the answer to that question in this instance.
In any case, the UK diplomatically recognised the USA a very long time ago, so the only country with a claim to the 13 colonies gave it up long ago.
Which one then prevails is a question of who wins the war which usually ensues. And we all know the answer to that question in this instance.
In any case, the UK diplomatically recognised the USA a very long time ago, so the only country with a claim to the 13 colonies gave it up long ago.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
To all of my British friends here - Get Over It! 
- 24/10/2011 02:09:32 AM
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- 24/10/2011 02:09:32 AM
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"Treason never prospers, what's the reason? If it prospers, none dare call it treason."
- 24/10/2011 04:37:20 AM
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Your knowledge of the English Civil War/Revolution is execrable
- 24/10/2011 05:04:53 AM
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Sorry, I get them mixed up because they kept going back and forth from James to Charles. 
- 24/10/2011 05:29:19 AM
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- 24/10/2011 05:29:19 AM
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It's a false analogy to compare the Civil War with the Declaration of Independence.
- 24/10/2011 05:38:04 AM
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Revolutions, by definition, change the definition of "legal".
- 24/10/2011 08:50:23 AM
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