[Taristin]

*honks at the van*

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by nuclear1


Literalists beware.

It's a joke, dude. Don't take everything anyone does to be serious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

[Rand al Thor]

I've said it before and for the next four years at least I'll be saying it again.

The USA is a facist corporate state run on the basis of fear that persecutes members of its own society.
It sounds pathetic saying it but its the glaring truth.

And I gotta say the last funny thing I remember from the Onion was 'F**k it; we're going to five blades!'.

Ahhh... those were the days.

[Ford Prefect]

Damnit, The Onion is satire? I think I'd better stop citing their articles in my Government class.

[Ace]

Originally posted by vyper
Thing is, they would've never had the popular support had the issue of representation not been so strong.

The popular support for the American Revolution isn't as high as the history books make it out to be.

If Britain was a little bit smarter in management of their colonies and was more serious about "The British Empire" they could have held onto the territories.

Of course probably each provence would have grown its own effective government over time, and world war one would have led to something closer to independent states in a British Commonwealth.

The US was insular enough until the 20th century that a British-dominated US wouldn't have changed history too much until that point.

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
Damnit, The Onion is satire? I think I'd better stop citing their articles in my Government class.

You're paying for that sarcasm detector that just exploded.

[Taristin]

Sarcasm detector... that's a useful invention...

[redsniper]

EDIT: this goes below Raa's post.

...which some people here need desperately.

[vyper]

KABOOM