One side's patriot is the other side's traitor. One side's freedom fighter is the other side's terrorist*. However, old Ben was never a combatant. Much worse, he was a diplomat encouraging the King's more dangerous enemies, the French.
*To the best of my knowledge the rebels (revolutionists, since we won) never committed atrocities against civilians. The Kings men didn't always draw that line however. But, that may depend upon whose history books you read. -graywolf Christian wrote: > Bob W wrote: >> It's Benjamin Franklin, >> terrorist, > > We prefer "freedom fighter" or "patriot" :-) > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
