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baldeagle wrote:

Abraham wrote:Semantics or common sense - which one will/should prevail?

The liberal argument regarding American history generally paints patriots as terrorists.

Conservatives see it oppositely.

Simple.

However, they are not two opposing opinions. One is right. The other is wrong. In a liberal's world, there is no right or wrong, which is why what is right is so often wrong in their eyes. And if you understand that, you just might be a liberal.

Unless you base your philosophy on the theory that every human possesses certain rights, regardless of the government under which he labors or the people among whom he lives, your philosophy is "moored" in jelly and will shift with every other man's opinion.

jimlongley wrote:

mamabearCali wrote:So we can possibly add minor assault to the some in the demonstration......still not terrorism.......Terrorism is meant to install fear into a large section of the populace, it is meant to demoralize a people, as I understand it the Boston tea party was meant to tell Britain we would not be taxed willy nilly, specifically on tea.

So " . . . no one got hurt . . ." morphs into "It's okay if someone got hurt." but it's still OK? Sorry, doesn't wash, if your original statement that no one got hurt, which was wrong, was meant to indicate that it couldn't be defined as an act of terrorism, then the fact that someone did get hurt makes it terrorism, as it puts people in fear of physical harm. Add to that the economic "hurt" and it becomes even more so. And if telling Britain that the tax was unacceptable by assaulting ship's crews and destroying property isn't, by telling Britain and a large portion of the colonies' population that you were willing to resort to violence, instilling fear into a large section of the populace, I can't imagine what is.

The Annoyed Man wrote: {snip}
You threw the first punch. To quote yourself, "dont start none, and there won't be none."

Heartland Patriot wrote:You know what that disgusting smell is? The one that is all sickly sweet and nauseating? It clings to you and you can't hardly get the smell out, no matter how hard you try and wash it away? Its the decaying smell of MORAL RELATIVISM, the idea that all viewpoints are equally valid, that one person's rebellion is another's terrorist act...because moral relativism does not take INTENT into account, in fact it REFUSES to take intent into account...and its a foundational item for the political left...and they LOVE it.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:

baldeagle wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:@ Baldeagle: "...no other founding fathers but ours". Really? Who started all of the other countries and religions of the world, eh?

It would help if you could actually name one.

Look here for a few.

I don't think either Jesus or Mohammed are on the above list but they would certainly qualify as founding fathers, don't you think?

nana nana na na!

Now, I am really out of here. Night night.

And again, you're talking about the rest of the world. WE HERE are talking about the AMERICAN education system, AMERICAN educators, AMERICAN history, AMERICAN taxpayers, and AMERICAN students. I don't really care what happened in Egypt or Papua New Guinea because whatever happened there is totally irrelevant to the topic of this thread. Basically, you picked a fight over an irrelevancy, toss out a "nana nana na na" and then you split. Wow. You really ought to abandon the idea of being a teenager forever.

baldeagle wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:@ Baldeagle: "...no other founding fathers but ours". Really? Who started all of the other countries and religions of the world, eh?

It would help if you could actually name one.

The Annoyed Man wrote:http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/26/texas ... terrorism/

A lesson plan in schools across Texas depicts the Boston Tea Party, the historical protest against taxation without representation and a seminal event leading up to the American Revolutionary War, as an act of terrorism.

The lesson plan, designed for world history and social studies classes, remained available to teachers as recently as January of 2012, CBS Houston reports, and was promoted by the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative.

.....and this was taught in Texas, where the independent spirit is alleged to survive. This is the first I've heard of this. Forgive me if it has been previously discussed. I saw the headline on Drudge Report earlier today. The children who are currently growing up to be voters, were exposed to this kind of hard leftist tripe not too long ago. Some may be still so exposed. And even where this curriculum has been dropped, what has a group as insidious as this one replaced it with? Am I the only one who thinks that TESCCC bears much closer examination? They received $25 million in state funding last year alone. THAT gives John Q. Public the absolute right to know what these creeps are doing.

Seriously folks, if a vipers nest like this isn't brought to the light of day and stamped out, then Texas is only a decade away from becoming California. My son is grown up and done with school. Like I said, I had no idea that this stuff was going on. How many of you who have kids in school right now are 100% aware of whether or not your kids are being spoon fed this kind of revisionist crap?