tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post1087266976812860122..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: It’s Bastille Day!Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-9106295023210502472014-07-17T09:39:02.353+12:002014-07-17T09:39:02.353+12:00@Sandrine: Thank you. And thanks for the quote. :-...@Sandrine: Thank you. And thanks for the quote. :-)<br /><br />@Dolf: Agree. As someone said, America was snatched out of the jaws of history, at a unique time in intellectual development. (The French Revolution only a few years later shows how small the 'window' was.) We'd like to think it could happen again, or could have been sustained. We'd like to think that ...Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-5168180939266139082014-07-17T07:31:21.690+12:002014-07-17T07:31:21.690+12:00Great article Peter :-)Great article Peter :-)Sandrine Lonchamptnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25142563562528034702014-07-15T11:40:29.623+12:002014-07-15T11:40:29.623+12:00The more I read about it, the more I think the USA...The more I read about it, the more I think the USA is a major "luck shot". <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, the final outcome is the work of some of the most remarkable men in history, and they did not rely on luck. <br /><br />But the fact that we had a confluence of such men, both in geography and time, given the opportunity that they had, is in my opinion a one off, or at least rare enough that we won't see it again for a long time. Dolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-75324742674214930452014-07-14T19:18:35.064+12:002014-07-14T19:18:35.064+12:00Lots of stupid, ignorant, useless poor people want...Lots of stupid, ignorant, useless poor people wanting to help themselves to other people's money, committing the most serious crimes in the process (robberty theft) along with mass murder, all such actions excused with a "oh but they were a***holes" (which presumably makes it okay) and consigning the Frog-land population to 3 decades of tyranny.....<br /><br />Why on earth does anyone 'celebrate' this event? (am I missing something here?!?!)<br />Mr Lineberrynoreply@blogger.com