Americans have not always been the good-guys. That’s a very interesting idea, because as we may claim that it’s all for the cause, or “the greater good”, it hasn’t always been so. There have always been (and probably always will be) people who have to put dirt to our good name as American citizens.
During the American Revolution, I definitely think we were on the right side defending liberty, but we didn’t always treat, law-abiding, king-devoted Loyalists fairly. Sometimes we were even more brutal then they were. That was one reason that we inspired so much fear in the heart of the British. They were professional soldiers and considered themselves above the “unorganized rabble” that the Continental Army was often referred to as. Colonist mobs used methods varied from simple beatings to tar-and-feathering, candle burning (S…L…O…W), and “rail-riding”.
Until recently, I was ignorant to the method of punishment known as rail-riding. A man (British Loyalist) was forced to straddle a sharp fence rail section held on the shoulders of two men, with other men holding the victim’s legs so that he had to stay straight. In this manner he was paraded through the town thus “riding the rail”.
We can’t defend our dignity considering slavery either. That was just wrong. And again – not all Americans had slaves, that was mostly in the South, but still… Americans haven’t always been right.
Even today, Americans, and even other international Christians, have gone all “Anti-Islam”, but the two Muslims I know personally can be a lot nicer than some Christians I know. I can understand America being Anti-Terrorist, but being Anti-Islam is really screwed up.
I remember a while ago someone telling me that all Christians hate all Muslims, and all Muslims hate all Christians; that’s how it’s always been and that’s how it always will be.
That’s dead wrong. Pre-Crusade Christians and Muslims used to actually at show enough respect to tolerate each other, but now, we are both being dumb enough to throw it all away. That’s absolutely retarded.
I also know a Hindu girl, who is a very intelligent computer engineer. She’s dating my cousin and they are going to India for Christmas; I’m really jealous! =P
3 comments:
gah that makes me so mad when people do dumb stuff like that
like saying all christians hate muslims & vice versa?
crazy. that's reallyyy stupid. im super good friends w/ two muslims & im christian.
but that rail-riding thing.. haha thats funny, im sorry.
I know, it really piques me to hear people say that, because it's like, "Hello - I exist here!" Ha, ha...
The rail riding is pretty funny, but... ouch... =O Who would come up with that idea anway? You'd have to have one SERIOUSLY demented mind.
I was reading 1776 before going to bed last night, and it was talking about the prisoners taken by the British during the siege of New York. Often times the Hessians (German mercenaries hired by the British) would treat the prisoners unusually kindly, and with great curiosity. They didn't understand what a "mad American" would look like. Other times, if the colonist's captor had a temperament issue, the Hessian would take their bayonet and skewer the person and continue through holding them to tree with the bayonet. Ouch... =(
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