Happy 4th of July

[brocktonblockbust]

Yeah B, they do tend to take things face value a bit too much.

[El Kabong]

There's no irony meant on my post. I thought that the Brits were mainly fighting in Europe during the War of Independance. I might be wrong, and if so I stand corrected.

I went to a pub quiz last night, and one of the questions was who else celebrated their Independance on 4th July, which I why I knew it was the Phillippines. It sort of makes a nice touch that the US gave them their Independance on the same day as their own one.

maybe you guys are so busy fighting battles on other threads that you are a bit conditioned to expect a dig or criticism

US ties to the Philippines run pretty deep and the Japanese killed a lot of of Filipinos, a lot of innocent civilian Filipinos.





No it's an all the time kind of thing tweets like "America was never great" "Happy white people proud of their racist ancestors day" burning flags.....it's all what people were tweeting on the 4th, it's what the lefties do, that is postmodern critical theory in action and I have to say it's rather shitty on that day of all days but they do it Memorial Day, they do it Veteran's Day, they do it on the regular and I for one am sick of the ungrateful dismissive attitudes of some of my fellow citizens.

[X]

[X]

I think three quarters of the British Army were in Europe fighting Napoleon, so not many troops were ever sent to America. It seems the Brits weren't that bothered about keeping the US as a colony at the time. Strange, bearing in mind how much natural resources etc were there?

Anyway, happy Independance Day to our American cousins, and also to Filipinos who also celebrate their independence on 4th July (from America)

During the War of 1812 but not during the American Revolution brah.....I'll have to double check with Beanz to make sure this isn't "drowning out a poster"

I just checked, and you're right - Napolean was after 1776. My bad.

[X]

No it's an all the time kind of thing tweets like "America was never great" "Happy white people proud of their racist ancestors day" burning flags.....it's all what people were tweeting on the 4th, it's what the lefties do, that is postmodern critical theory in action and I have to say it's rather shitty on that day of all days but they do it Memorial Day, they do it Veteran's Day, they do it on the regular and I for one am sick of the ungrateful dismissive attitudes of some of my fellow citizens.

Nah, that's not what I meant.

4th July is your Independance Day, and I know it's an important day in the States. I wouldn't put up a stupid post insulting a whole country or trying to politicise the day.

America has done some great things, and some horrific things - just like most every other country in the world. Only morons think in terms of pure black and white, history and truth are always much more nuanced than that!

[walrus]

No it's an all the time kind of thing tweets like "America was never great" "Happy white people proud of their racist ancestors day" burning flags.....it's all what people were tweeting on the 4th, it's what the lefties do, that is postmodern critical theory in action and I have to say it's rather shitty on that day of all days but they do it Memorial Day, they do it Veteran's Day, they do it on the regular and I for one am sick of the ungrateful dismissive attitudes of some of my fellow citizens.

Nah, that's not what I meant.

4th July is your Independance Day, and I know it's an important day in the States. I wouldn't put up a stupid post insulting a whole country or trying to politicise the day.

America has done some great things, and some horrific things - just like most every other country in the world. Only morons think in terms of pure black and white, history and truth are always much more nuanced than that!

Yes X and some of us veterans get a bit defensive on the fourth so I probably read too much into your post

[X]

No worries guys.

See .... no insults, no flying off the handle, no personal attacks. What the fuck is going on here??

[mrbig1]

Is it too late to take us back?

[walrus]

Is it too late to take us back?

England does have an interesting history. And that damn movie Zulu is wonderful, with Michael Cain. I know it was based on a real story but I wonder how much it was dramatized

[Master]

Is it too late to take us back?

England does have an interesting history. And that damn movie Zulu is wonderful, with Michael Cain. I know it was based on a real story but I wonder how much it was dramatized

You secretly want to come back to our bowling green lawns and crumpets.

[mrbig1]

Is it too late to take us back?

England does have an interesting history. And that damn movie Zulu is wonderful, with Michael Cain. I know it was based on a real story but I wonder how much it was dramatized

You secretly want to come back to our bowling green lawns and crumpets.

Better than being a slave.