Re: Wish I'd thought of this one.
Mike Findlay <[email protected]>
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John Adams defense of the British Soldiers for the Boston Massacre of 1770 is why he is one of my legal heroes. Its a toss up for me between Adams and Washington on who is my favorite founder. Probably goes to Adams since he was anti-slavery. Mike F. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 3:09:53 PM Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Wish I'd thought of this one. > never paid much attention to the 'tar and feather' thing until I saw it done as >part of the John >Adams miniseries starring Paul Giamatti. Very unpleasant. > Yeah...I realized just how barbaric of an act it is watching that sequence. I appreciated the way that the mini-series didn't try and just paint everything on our side as heroic...instead making me think "our mobs were capable of being no less yranical than those we were opposing. Thom http://thomwade.wordpress.com/ http://www.cafepress.com/Thomwade http://www.in-one-ear.com _______________________________________ "I want a song to learn and sing, of a life requited."-Echo & the Bunnymen -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot