Date Posted:19:56:09 12/28/07 Fri Author: Herodotus Author Host/IP: CPE-58-170-162-168.wa.bigpond.net.au / 58.170.162.168 Subject: Re: When Brits and Americans talk about 1776, Is there a sense of awkward silence? In reply to:
Robert
's message, "When Brits and Americans talk about 1776, Is there a sense of awkward silence?" on 03:27:01 12/23/07 Sun
>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?
