Re: Just As True Today As It Was In 1779

On Jul 3, 12:59=A0pm, "John Briggs" <john.brig...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Jul 3, 9:18 am, "John Briggs" <john.brig...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> conwaycaine wrote:
> >>> "William Black" <william.bl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>news:g4g80r$ehi$2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>> "D. Spencer Hines" <pant...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>news:osKak.13$AB3.228@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>> "Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!"
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> >>>>> -- George Wa****ngton (letter to James Warren, 31 March 1779)
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> >>>> All revolutionaries come out with crap like that:
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> >>>> "the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unanimously
> >>>> fight, without seeking our own interests..."
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> >>>> Oliver Cromwell....
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> >>> Comparing Oliver Cromwell to George Wa****ngton are we?
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> >> It's a reasonable comparison.
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> > What about Wa****ngton and Nappy? (well, Nappy did not start French
> > Revolution but he was extremely fond of a pseudo-revolutionary
> > demagoguery, at least for a while...)
>
> There's no comparison - Napoleon is way ahead, both as a general and as
a
> politician.

But, unlike George and Oliver, he lost at the end. Shoudl we consider
loosers like him? :-)

> Did anyone mention Hitler?
> :-)

Well, Adolph does not fit the bill because, unlike all these rebels
mentioned before, he came to power quite legitimately. :-)