Debate Over Declaration of Independence Rages!
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Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511
FFS - what the fuck are they arguing about?
Of course it was illegal under British law. That's why the Brits were all like "Blimey! Dey is traitahs!"
But, it wasn't illegal under U.S. law because there was no U.S. And, the colonists were all like,"we is breaking away because ya'll is violatin' our rights as Englishmen!"
Who was right was determined on the battlefield. Had the colonists lost, any captured "founding fathers" would have been hanged, or shot, as traitors. As it happened, they won, so, they gets their independence and their declaration of independence was proven to be legal.
At the time, there was no applicable governing law among the nations that one could look to in order to decide a case of the legality of the declaration of independence. We had a conflict of opinion regarding what British law was on the subject. It could only be settled by force of arms.
FFS - what the fuck are they arguing about?
Of course it was illegal under British law. That's why the Brits were all like "Blimey! Dey is traitahs!"
But, it wasn't illegal under U.S. law because there was no U.S. And, the colonists were all like,"we is breaking away because ya'll is violatin' our rights as Englishmen!"
Who was right was determined on the battlefield. Had the colonists lost, any captured "founding fathers" would have been hanged, or shot, as traitors. As it happened, they won, so, they gets their independence and their declaration of independence was proven to be legal.
At the time, there was no applicable governing law among the nations that one could look to in order to decide a case of the legality of the declaration of independence. We had a conflict of opinion regarding what British law was on the subject. It could only be settled by force of arms.
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It's just a lawyer game, they're not serious.
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Ths was covred in a earlier thread. Merger? 

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They're always welcome to come try and collect their back taxes. 

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They'll never try to take back the US, they'd wind up with Texas.
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They're watching this forum and doing it specifically to wind you up.Coito ergo sum wrote:Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511
FFS - what the fuck are they arguing about?

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Psychoserenity wrote:They're watching this forum and doing it specifically to wind you up.Coito ergo sum wrote:Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511
FFS - what the fuck are they arguing about?

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Look, just hand over the fucking tea and we'll call it quits.
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Brits and their damn tea....we only dumped the shite in the harbor because we were looking for coffee, and all you blighters had was English Breakfast Tea....JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:Look, just hand over the fucking tea and we'll call it quits.
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Damn straight. 

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It's in Boston Harbor, it's all yours if you want to fetch it from there.JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:Look, just hand over the fucking tea and we'll call it quits.
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We turned the ocean into a homeopathic cup-a-tea.Wumbologist wrote:It's in Boston Harbor, it's all yours if you want to fetch it from there.JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:Look, just hand over the fucking tea and we'll call it quits.
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It is humorous that breakaway nation states have to be 'recognized' these days. I wonder who would have recognized the U.S. besides France and Spain back then..Coito ergo sum wrote:Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511
FFS - what the fuck are they arguing about?
Of course it was illegal under British law. That's why the Brits were all like "Blimey! Dey is traitahs!"
But, it wasn't illegal under U.S. law because there was no U.S. And, the colonists were all like,"we is breaking away because ya'll is violatin' our rights as Englishmen!"
Who was right was determined on the battlefield. Had the colonists lost, any captured "founding fathers" would have been hanged, or shot, as traitors. As it happened, they won, so, they gets their independence and their declaration of independence was proven to be legal.
At the time, there was no applicable governing law among the nations that one could look to in order to decide a case of the legality of the declaration of independence. We had a conflict of opinion regarding what British law was on the subject. It could only be settled by force of arms.

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Destroying tea is almost forgiveable - but practising homeopathy....Coito ergo sum wrote:We turned the ocean into a homeopathic cup-a-tea.Wumbologist wrote:It's in Boston Harbor, it's all yours if you want to fetch it from there.JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:Look, just hand over the fucking tea and we'll call it quits.

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I for one welcome our new Royal overlords...
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