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To: Publius

“Traditionally? Only if tradition begins in 1966.”


Read some history try 1776.


98 posted on 03/18/2009 8:27:24 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: ansel12
You have now bumped up against my specialty in history.

People did not flee to Canada during the Revolution to avoid fighting. It was after the Revolution, when their property was confiscated, that Loyalists went to Halifax, and from there, some went to London. What were they to do? They lost everything, and British soil was the only place they were welcome.

Don't confuse that with the Vietnam draft evaders. The circumstances were not even remotely alike.

101 posted on 03/18/2009 8:34:47 PM PDT by Publius (The Quadri-Metallic Standard: Gold and silver for commerce, lead and brass for protection.)
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