about 1/3rd supported the continental congress, 1/3rd to almost one half supported the government and the remainder were spending most of their time ducking the bullets.
I think it may be accurate to say that many supported reform over revolution. But the revolutionary war helped to develop such wonderful things we now know as concentration camps and ethnic cleansing. larry On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:55:28 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought a strong 2/3's of the people were FOR revolution against > Britain...but it was the method about which to attempt the revolution that > they didn't all agree on? Seem to recall that from my learnin' days. > > So while they were for revolution, they were not necessarily for a > revolutionary war. > > > > > Forgot to mention, during the American revolt, only a minority > > supported the revolutinaries - about 1/3rd of the population, the rest > > were supporters of the government or simply wanted to be left alone. > > > > So if the majority had had its way, we'd be singing God Save the Queen. > > > > larry > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:20:26 -0600, Russel Madere > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If Thomas Jefferson and our other Founding Fathers had that attitude we > > > would be sipping tea every afternoon and singing "God Save The King." > > > > > > It does matter because it is MY vote. I don't care if my candidate > > > hasn't a snowball's chance to be elected. I voted. I made my opinion > > > known. > > > > > > Do some research. The Libertarian Party is getting more official > > > elected in local and state elections than before. There is a ground > > > swell and a viable national candidate is coming. It may not happen this > > > decade, but it will. > > > > > > > > > > > > Russel Madere > > > Webmaster > > > 504.832.9835 > > > SunShine Pages by EATEL > > > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:07 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: nws - now *this* guy is upset. > > > > > > > Russel wrote: > > > > As long as I vote, it does count. That attitude is piss poor. > > > > > > > > > > My attitude is reality - because of the electoral college and a 2 > > > party system that controls debates and makes election law only a huge > > > fluke could get a 3rd party candidate in office. Further, unless the > > > person is a real star, like Mr. Nader or Mr. Perot, they'll not even > > > get enough votes to earn a mention in a news story. > > > > > > Voting for someone with no chance to become a lawmaker is a waste of > > > time; they've no congressional support, no money, no debates, and > > > therefore no chance to change anything. > > > > > > It's like a football team that's down 40 to 0 in the last minute of > > > the game; they throw the Hail Mary, but does it really matter? No, > > > because it won't change anything so why do it? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136148 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
