Thread: Who's Side Would You Be On?

I wouldnt have cared, until they came to get my gun(s) and then I would have met them at the bridge.

When we talk about the Government at that time, we're talking about King George and his Parliament, as the US government was yet to be formed. Most of the propaganda at that time was created by the the colonies, the most influential of which was Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

It's true that many if not most of the wealthy colonists remained loyal to the crown, though there were exceptions such as John Han****. An interesting pont is that the average colonist had a higher standard of living than the average citizen in England.

Excellent question about Viet Nam. I was in my teens and 20's during the conflict and had mixed feelings as to whether or not we should be there. Before I graduated from college and my deferment expired, the draft ended. As a result, I wasn't forced to make that choice.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

I wouldnt have cared, until they came to get my gun(s) and then I would have met them at the bridge.

So, I assume you would have been among those who answered Paul Revere's call when the regulars did indeed, come for the colonists' guns?

Originally Posted by leadduck

such as Joh Han****.

Watch your language please !

I know snippets of history. Nothing comprehensive but my impression is that a people taking up arms in a revolt against the King was unprecedented at that time. I believe Cromwell's revolt was a hundred or more years previous to our revolution IIRC. It would be as if we, here and now, took up arms against our government. Heady stuff.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Watch your language please !

Oh, sorry. I forgot about the all-seeing eye of the censor. I'll go wash out my mouth with my SRD Blood Orange. Should I have said, John H@nc0ck?

Honestly?

I don't know. But me being me, I probably would have cared for nothing but the survival of my daughters. They are more important than anything else, including my political opinions. I'd probably have tried to keep my nose out of the whole mess and tried to get on with things and / or moved away from the fighting. War is not about who is right but about who is left.

I hear same kind of questions about our civil war 1917 every now and then so this is not only about your war but many other liberation/civil wars as well: i do not know as i didn't live those times. I can't really know how it was to live back then. It is about what i have to gain/lose or what i have to protect. Many were easily mislead by their leaders and some were forced to fight. Probably most people had no choice.
These questions are even more difficult to consider as we usually seem to think about the outcome of the crisis while people of those times lived in an uncertainty without knowing how it is going to end.

Since I was born in Oklahoma, I doubt I would even be aware of the impending war, although surely I would be mistrustful of all you white men

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Since I was born in Oklahoma, I doubt I would even be aware of the impending war, although surely I would be mistrustful of all you white men

Why you filthy lazy injun.