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[Fred Bloggs]

Except for Violet, who gave willingly.

There are no virgins over the age of 14 in Boston anyway...

 

[Tim Williams]

But someone throws a snowball at you, and you drop them with rifle fire?

Well, among the other things thrown, you wrap stones or other less pleasing
objects with snow and ice, then throw it. That's the way I heard it put on
the History Channel.

Tim

 

[Mike Monett]

Well, among the other things thrown, you wrap stones or other less
pleasing objects with snow and ice, then throw it. That's the way I
heard it put on the History Channel.

Tim

Nah, first thing is to make a small snow fort for protection, then
stockpile a bunch of snowballs for ammunition. When ready, everyone throws
as much as possible to smother the other guys. Then go and kick their fort
down so they are too busy repairing it to make more snowballs.

At least, that's the way we did it when I was a kid

You certainly don't want to shoot them. Who are you gonna play with
tomorrow?

Regards,

Mike Monett

 

[[email protected]]

Kind of inaccurate, more like.
Since "America" didn't exist as such until 1776, I think you'll
probably find that those "American colonists" were in fact British
settlers killed by their own people and consequently no good cause to
rebel against the benevolent and kindly rule of G3. This sort of
disingenuous and all-too-prevalent anti-British propaganda really gets
on my thr'pennies.

Naw, it was the Stamp Act of 1765 (requiring taxation stamps, mostly
on
legal documents) that really started it.

The text of the Act is here:
http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/laws/stampact.htm

Examples:
4 shillings for a stamp for a judgement [sect I, pp12]
3 pence for legal pleadings [pp1], 10s. for an appeal [pp10],
2lbs. for a diploma [pp7],
4p. for a bill of lading [pp14],
20s. for a liquor license [pp18],
1s. tax on a deck of playing cards [pp43],
2s. 6p. on contracts, leases and bills of sale [pp37],
10s. on a pair of dice [pp44],

1s. per sheet of a newspaper [pp48], 2s. per advertisement [pp49],

6p. per 20s. tax on apprentices' wages under 50 lbs [pp54],
and an audacious, unconscionable 5% (1s. per 20s.) on wages
over 50lbs [sect. II].

(Interesting note: taxes were *doubled* if the documents were in any
language other than English., [53])


With images and a discussion here:
http://www.parliament.uk/parliament...rliamentary_archives/archives___stamp_act.cfm

Which latter document says, regarding the colonists:

"Whilst they were familiar with the exacting of customs duties
by the British Parliament they were unaccustomed to it introducing
any form of internal taxation.

"The passing of the Stamp Act, therefore, galvanised American public
opinion against Britain, [...]"

Please remember this was from a time when Americans disliked taxes,
and were willing to risk life, liberty, and war to resist them.

Cheers,
James Arthur

 

[Richard The Dreaded Libertarian]

.

"The passing of the Stamp Act, therefore, galvanised American public
opinion against Britain, [...]"

Please remember this was from a time when Americans disliked taxes,
and were willing to risk life, liberty, and war to resist them.

February 13, 1913 marked the death knell for America the way it was
intended to be:

"AMENDMENT XVI
Passed by Congress July 2, 1909. Ratified February 3, 1913.
Note: Article I, section 9, of the Constitution was modified by
amendment 16.

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on
incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the
several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."


Thanks,
Rich

 

[Keith]

"The passing of the Stamp Act, therefore, galvanised American public
opinion against Britain, [...]"

Please remember this was from a time when Americans disliked taxes,
and were willing to risk life, liberty, and war to resist them.

February 13, 1913 marked the death knell for America the way it was
intended to be:

"AMENDMENT XVI
Passed by Congress July 2, 1909. Ratified February 3, 1913.
Note: Article I, section 9, of the Constitution was modified by
amendment 16.

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on
incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the
several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

1913 was a bad year all around:

AMENDMENT XVII

Passed by Congress May 13, 1912. Ratified April 8, 1913.

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two
Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for
six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors
in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for
electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures."