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Old 02-16-2008, 09:32 PM   #53
Aliantha
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The part about this that I find so sad is that so many people can only see the bad that can come of it and not the good. All they can think of is 'what will I have to give up if this happens in my country' or 'I'm not responsible for what my ancestors did'.

If that's the case, stop your going on about how wonderful your constitution is. You didn't write it. Stop saying what great men your founding fathers were. You're not them. Stop saying how fantastic it was when you beat the British. You weren't there.

If you want to celebrate and take credit for the good things your ancestors did, you must also be willing to accept that they did some pretty bad shit too, and some time sooner or later, you're going to have to acknowledge it.
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