tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post8347433694372487472..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: For Arab Spring on the Fourth of JulyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-58912430701279913832011-07-04T11:49:12.346-04:002011-07-04T11:49:12.346-04:00In fact, there are several parts of the declaratio...In fact, there are several parts of the declaration that are quite offensive. Anyone who thinks otherwise probably hasn't the document very carefully. May I cite: 'He (King George)has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands" - in other words the American rebels are demanding the unresticted right to appropriate land beyond the existing borders of the colonies - i.e. acquisition of land by conquest.<br /> Another example: "(King George) has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions." - a clear expression of the racism that was a fundamental part of the American project.<br /> The parallels with Israel/Palestine are not hard to see.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026403603195204802noreply@blogger.com