Thread: Who's Side Would You Be On?

Since I started the thread, I suppose I should give my own response. I think it would depend not only on my life experiences up to that time but also on my age at the time hostilities broke out. In my young teen years, I was very conservative and rule conscious. The thought of rebelling against the established authority would have been inconceivable. In my late teens and twenties, I was more idealistic and more impulsive. And as many young people are, rebellious. If I had been that age after the Boston massacre, I would probably have marched at Lexington and Concord. Toward my late twenties and thirties, with a family, I'd have to think long and hard about what to do. By late middle age, with the kids grown, I may have leaned more toward the rebels again. If I were the age I am now, late fifties, I think I'd be inclined to say, "The king be damned! Give me liberty!"

As a younger man I probably would have sided with the crown out of deference more than anything. Today, I would instead side with the 'terrorists' in the cause of 'freedom'.