Date Posted:15:39:51 05/08/08 Thu Author: Jordan Author Host/IP: gateway-1.jhancock.com / 205.135.136.10 Subject: Re: When Brits and Americans talk about 1776, Is there a sense of awkward silence? In reply to:
Herodotus
's message, "Re: When Brits and Americans talk about 1776, Is there a sense of awkward silence?" on 19:56:09 12/28/07 Fri
on a comical note, some Persians do get kind of upset over Thermophylae due to the "300" movie depicting them incorrectly. but that's anger at hollywood, not the greeks.
>>When Americans and Brits talk about the American
>>revolution, is there a sense of awkward silence? You
>>an "oppressee" talking to an "oppressor". From the
>>American point of view 1776 was a legitimate war of
>>freedom and revolution. But for the Brits, it is
>>treason to the crown. How does one meet halfway with
>>history?
>
>Do you the French still get upset about Waterloo? The
>Spanish about the Armada? What about the Persians over
>Thermophylae?
