Marblehead Posted July 4, 2014 Happy Independence Day everyone. This is not intended for only people of the U S of A but to all the peoples of the world. This is the closest I can get to having a Day of Anarchy. That is, to live according to our own true nature and not being told what we can and cannot do. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted July 4, 2014 God Bless Good King George. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) Indeed. Those upstart colonists were exceptionally cheeky IMO! What part of that signpost reading "New ENGLAND" did they not understand? Seriously though..... Happy Independence Day guys. . Edited July 4, 2014 by GrandmasterP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aetherous Posted July 4, 2014 God Bless Good King George. Why? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted July 4, 2014 God Bless Good King George. Now look what you've done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted July 4, 2014 Why? Madness is divine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) Stop upsetting the colonials! Round these parts we still celebrate 'Washington Day' on August 24th. ( There's always a bonfire). Edited July 4, 2014 by GrandmasterP 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Protector Posted July 4, 2014 I wonder if teh British celebrate the Good Riddance Day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted July 4, 2014 rain rain rain hurricane, there was so much lightning last night it triggered all the photovoltaic eyes in the streetlights, and shut them off my hands and 3rd eye were going batshit, I stayed pretty much inside except to run out and light off a couple fireworks when the rain wasnt too bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted July 4, 2014 Thank goodness for the rebels, without them we'd be.. we'd be.. we'd be, um.. we'd be like Canada. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aetherous Posted July 4, 2014 Thank goodness for the rebels, without them we'd be.. we'd be.. we'd be, um.. we'd be like Canada. Pretty sure Canada wouldn't be the way it is today without the US having been formed...that goes for the rest of the world, too, including the UK. The world we live in today is not at all similar to the world of 1776...how might things have been different if the US hadn't broken away? Some would speculate not very different at all, knowing only the spirit of the era they're born and raised in...but I would speculate that the world would have continued on as it had at that time. Much different than today! http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-declaration-of-independence-the-words-heard-around-the-world-1404415089 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted July 4, 2014 ...how might things have been different if the US hadn't broken away? Well, one thing I think would be a given - the Brits and French would be speaking German today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted July 4, 2014 Well, one thing I think would be a given - the Brits and French would be speaking German today. Nein. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Protector Posted July 4, 2014 Nope, everything is thanks to Quebec CANADA POWER!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted July 5, 2014 Y'all just had your Canada Day, didn't you? Yeah, the Quebecers. NIce folks but they can't make up their mind whether they want to be Canadians, French, or Northern Cajuns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Protector Posted July 5, 2014 In Canada, every day is Canada day 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted July 5, 2014 Is it true (what someone told me) that on this day Americans make large size models of British butts and they have this ceremony where they all line up and go past and kick it. Then it shoots fireworks out of it and then it turns into a bonfire? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted July 5, 2014 I think someone was pulling your leg. But yes, lots of fireworks. And lots of fires - BBQs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted July 5, 2014 Well, one thing I think would be a given - the Brits and French would be speaking German today. You got that right MH. We still ended up with a German Royal Family but they've integrated and been accepted over time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manitou Posted July 5, 2014 I'd love to see the day when we're not separated by borders at all and are all just Citizens of the World. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted July 5, 2014 I'd love to see the day when we're not separated by borders at all and are all just Citizens of the World. Albert Camus wrote of such a condition. He called himself a Cosmopolitan. We still have a very long way to go. Actually, further now than when Camus was still alive. But the possibility still exists. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted July 5, 2014 I love that last line in Camus 'The Outsider'.... "I surrendered myself to the sublime indifference of the universe" 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manitou Posted July 5, 2014 I love that last line in Camus 'The Outsider'.... "I surrendered myself to the sublime indifference of the universe" YES !!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted July 5, 2014 I love that last line in Camus 'The Outsider'.... "I surrendered myself to the sublime indifference of the universe" Hehehe. I will never surrender. (But yeah, regarding me, the universe is indifferent.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
