Re: Going to the dark side?

In article <cfjRl.32036$OO7.25984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jette <bosslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

David Friedman wrote:
In article <WbiRl.31980$OO7.12285@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jette <bosslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Brett Paul Dunbar wrote:
In message <gv27rg$72b$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keith F. Lynch
<kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Jette <bosslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Keith F. Lynch wrote:
I'm no fan of any of these guys. Though I can't help but wonder
if, being British, you bear a grudge against Jackson because of the
Battle of New Orleans.
Was there a battle at New Orleans?
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans

I can understand why it isn't taught in British schools. It was not
Britain's finest hour.
That's not the reason, the reason is we have trouble fitting in all the
major wars so we leave out the trivial ones. For Britain the entire 1812
war was a trivial side show to the Napoleonic wars and is basically
ignored.
yeah, we were so busy fighting Napoleon that we didn't have time or
energy - or first line troops - to waste on rag-tag groups of rebels.

We? You are going along with the deal made by a parcel of rogues?


The parcel of rogues were our rogues. Something a lot of people miss
about that song.

But the gold they were bought with wasn't. Hope you got your cut.

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