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Culturally, we have been bombarded with images of anti-heroes, vigilantes and glamorous villains, while traditional heroes of the American people are discredited as slave-owners (Jefferson), tools of class interests (the Founding Fathers) or "dead white males" (the philosophers on whose ideas our Constitution is based). The death of Superman is the ultimate symbol of the culture's inability to countenance the existence of even imaginary heroes who have not been defiled or humbled...
...Thomas Jefferson wrote: "all men...are endowed...with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." More importantly, he added: "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it." Right on, Tom. And, as we know, the pernicious fiscal abuse by Britain clearly justified the American colonies' revolution...
Damn. And it all seemed to make such good sense. But, of course, you can't argue with modern political theorists like Paul McCartney. Sorry, Mr. Jefferson, I thought. Paul says no. Oh well...
...Thomas and George (Jefferson and Washington, respectively) had listened to the propaganda, then the American Revolution would never have occurred. There would not have been a United States of America. Maybe out of sheer confusion and boundless energy I should just hop the pond and topple John Major's little government. How would Paul and Ringo like that...
...Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Berlin: Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels, Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...