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Do you think Brits mourn their loss on our independence day...or should they rejoice because they got rid of us?

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Posted - July 2, 2018
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  • 34253
    I don't think they care anymore.
      July 2, 2018 8:30 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    Countries need to make there own way through life.....not be ruled from thousands of miles away by strangers ..
      July 2, 2018 12:38 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    This "ruled from thousands of miles away by strangers" just described modern America, though.  LOL
      July 2, 2018 1:25 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Yes...lol. ,what country is guilt free from taking others lands....  :(
      July 2, 2018 1:31 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Well....you weren't even born  and why would we care over here....it's bad enought we are all friendly.....hehe 
      July 2, 2018 12:36 PM MDT
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  • 6023

    I think the Queen would have a sense of humor about it.


     

    This post was edited by Walt O'Reagun at July 3, 2018 11:23 AM MDT
      July 2, 2018 1:23 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Morn there loss. ;)
      July 2, 2018 1:33 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    Right and righty right.  They could be taxing us up the wazoo and be the wealthiest country on earth right now, if only.
      July 2, 2018 10:33 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Sorry but it really was a very, very, very long time ago and we are happy for you.. You have to remember that in history there were Brits who were arguing for America to be independent even before the war.. we stood no chance in that war but I think that there were a lot of Brits on the side of it's time to release our fledglings 
      July 3, 2018 12:14 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Here in the UK we tend not to be so worshipful of money, it's really not the most important thing but it's not like we are a poor country, and it's not like you guys are the wealthiest either..
      July 3, 2018 12:20 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    I was being facetious about taxation without representation which was the reported cause for the revolution.  And, by the way, I may have said this already but I am 65% British according to AncestryDNA.  I am really looking forward to my trip to "The Old Country!"
      July 3, 2018 8:22 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    I'm not sure they would throw an elaborate tea party about the whole situation; however, they might brew over it for a moment or two. This post was edited by Merlin at July 3, 2018 8:52 PM MDT
      July 3, 2018 11:27 AM MDT
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  • 6477
    Do you know..... we hear the word tea party but almost none of us have a clue what it's about... I do get that it's very important to Americans and I respect it's important to them - but it's not a word or phrase that comes up here.
      July 3, 2018 12:21 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    I think the "Tea Party" was when colonists threw casks of tea, imported from England, into Boston Harbor because the taxes on them had been raised, they felt, to an unreasonably high level.  Hence the phrase, "Taxation without representation."   Someone may correct me if I'm wrong.  I learned about this 50 or more years ago. This post was edited by CallMeIshmael at July 3, 2018 9:15 PM MDT
      July 3, 2018 8:25 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Hi CallMelshmael~ You are so right and that was the exact idea I was playing with!!!   It didn't happen on the 4th of July.  That took place on December 16th, 1773.  I was trying to use a play on words and events that included England and American History.  I was thinking of a way they might pass the day tomorrow and a tea party was what came to mind.  
    Thanks CallMelshmael!  I'm glad you got the notion and knew your history!
      July 3, 2018 9:22 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Hi Daydreambeliever~ You are very sweet :) :)  I"m not sure how to have a tea party either.  :) :)
      July 3, 2018 9:45 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Mostly we don't even think of it.. it's not something that we think about.. remembering we lost or gave back, (quite rightly too) a lot of territory... Most of us are happy that you are happy, we think it's kinda cute that you celebrate so enthusiastically.. Some of us have our own American themed parties to celebrate with you
      July 3, 2018 12:12 PM MDT
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  • 53505

      Even though the U.K. doesn't have its own Independence Day to celebrate, is there an equivalent or near-equivalent commemoration over there across the pond, Day?
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      July 3, 2018 8:54 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Yes ...we call it Mothers Day.....it's a very special unique and happy event ....:)D
      July 4, 2018 2:16 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    I am told that the English refer to that episode as "Presbyterian Rebellion" and they place the blame squarely on John Calvin even though he had been dead for over 200 years. Any way you look at it, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns.
      July 3, 2018 10:46 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Very true......but don't you think stolen rather then founded......The French ,English and Dutch were very good at doing things like that... I bet our government and the royals still miss doing it....:(
      July 4, 2018 2:12 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    No, they did not steal it. The eastern seaboard was depopulated by an epidemic shortly before the colonists arrived, so the land was up for grabs. 
      July 4, 2018 3:02 AM MDT
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