etymxris
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Reply 23 of 60 (Originally posted on: 07-06-07 10:56:31 AM)
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Quoted from Sukkit:
Quoted from etymxris: A nation's newfound independence is a sham if it just replaces a remote tyranny with a local one.
Tyranny might be too strong a word.
Well I was trying to be more general than USA. My understanding, albeit limited, is that many revolutions "of the people" end up with dictator at charge, often worse than the last. So, independence itself is nothing to celebrate.
I was going to say the The Declaration of Independence was about independence and not human rights, but I just looked at it again and was wrong.
Quoted from The Declaration of Motherfucking Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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