Hi everyone, Here in Australia the pay TV network has just begun airing what looks like being a good series, namely John Adams.
I don't profess to be a whiz at american history but from what I do know ( taxation without representation etc. ) it got me thinking that modern US governments have been every bit as overbearing as Britain ever was.
I think this fact shows how dedicated to the concept of personal freedoms the men involved with forming the republic were and what truly remarkable men they were. There is the Nicholas Cage line in National Treasure when he is reading part of the constitution and he mentions nobody uses language like that anymore and he is right.
Without trying to upset anyone it seems to me that people nowadays ( all western nations not specifically americans ) are to lazy to aspire to such things, as long as the big screen tv is working and the beer is cold everything is okay. Sad to say but if this was 1776 ( I think ) the republic of america may not have ever happened. What do you guy's think ?.
I don't profess to be a whiz at american history but from what I do know ( taxation without representation etc. ) it got me thinking that modern US governments have been every bit as overbearing as Britain ever was.
I think this fact shows how dedicated to the concept of personal freedoms the men involved with forming the republic were and what truly remarkable men they were. There is the Nicholas Cage line in National Treasure when he is reading part of the constitution and he mentions nobody uses language like that anymore and he is right.
Without trying to upset anyone it seems to me that people nowadays ( all western nations not specifically americans ) are to lazy to aspire to such things, as long as the big screen tv is working and the beer is cold everything is okay. Sad to say but if this was 1776 ( I think ) the republic of america may not have ever happened. What do you guy's think ?.