I'm not sure of many respectable revolutionaries, because most of them are communists or are terrrorists who claim to be "freedom fighters" as they blow up a hotel filled with civilians,
2006-11-04 09:44:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Oh, I'm sorry. The American "terrorists". The British made the stupid choice to line up, and the Americans were smart and hid, so what? The British hung many civilians; the Americans killed none. Not a good argument.
2006-11-04 09:53:03 · update #1
(cough) Brits. Rude.
2006-11-04 09:54:04 · update #2
Who cares about attacking commerce, that is not considered an act of terror. If civilians were killed, then it would have been.
2006-11-04 09:55:06 · update #3
As I remember, you Brits in past times always gave in to the king and let him kill you off years ago. We at least got away from your crazy king. You never did.
2006-11-04 10:10:15 · update #4
I think there is a lot of historical revisionism going on here...well thats assuming that you have any actual knowledge of what you are talking about. Certainly your knowledge of British history is lamentable. Are you suggesting that the American Revolution has been the only 'pure' revolution in world history? I don't understand the reference to communism. The doctrine of Communism was a 19th century one, which really didn't get into full swing until the Russian Revolution of 1917. What about the Glorious Revolution of of 1688 when Britain kicked out King James II and the barons and nobles installed William of Orange and his wife Mary to the British throne? No one died, there were no battles (at the time at least) and there was a smooth transition of power. Not bad for a country that "always gave in to the king". (oh and as an aside, we had beheaded another King earlier in the same century... but perhaps we were too busy "giving in" to him to notice.) History is never as clear cut as you may want it to be. There was a large Colonial army that fought on the British side against the Revolutionaries that tends to be forgotten about, as it is always the victors that write the history books. It is interesting that many black americans fought in the Colonial army as they saw the British as a better bet for their eventual freedom than Washington et al. Mmmm. I wonder if they saw their so called masters as enlightened revolutionaries, or brutal slave owners who maintained their grip over these poor people by terrorising them with chains, whips and torture. I think we all need to be very careful before holding ourselves up as paragons of virtue.
2006-11-04 10:47:11 · answer #1 · answered by keefer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure the British would have disagreed with you about Americans not being terrorists. At the time armies lined up in nice strait rows in an open field and fired at each other. The American insurgents tended to hide behind trees and walls, when they did their fighting. They also attacked British commerce. Remember the Boston Tea Party?
2006-11-04 17:51:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Excuse me but don't talk crap.
I'm British (Welsh) and no one over here says the American Revolutionaries were "terrorists".
The IRA were terrorists but then they were slaughtering civillians in the UK. Quite recently.
God some of you Yanks really have got your heads on backwards haven't you!
There was a Yank on here the other day clamining that British people apparently still "Burn an effigy of George Washington on July 4th".
REALLY? Well I'm British and I can tell you thats utter CRAP!!!! Completely untrue!
Please get your facts right before you spout this stuff. Its very misleading to people who don't know very much about history or world affairs (like most Americans in my experience).
2006-11-04 18:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you're missing the point that there are two sides to every story. Whether you call people terrorists or revolutionaries depends to a very large extent on how much you agree with the people in question.
We're not objective beings you know, however hard we might try.
2006-11-04 18:29:26 · answer #4 · answered by lauriekins 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
During the French Revolution (1790s), Haiti had a slave uprising and took control of the state. So I guess that was a revolution within a revolution
2006-11-04 17:47:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the British, the "American revolutionaries" were terrorists...
2006-11-04 17:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by KnowhereMan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
depends who wins
2006-11-04 17:52:45 · answer #7 · answered by cmo5519 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
none.
2006-11-04 17:48:58 · answer #8 · answered by Shiraz!! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋