Brett Robson wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 10:16:34 +0900, Declan  ...
> 
>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>
>>>Tomorrow is the 4th of July, and Americans all over will be cheering and
>>>saying, "Yeah! We have independence! We fought for it and we won it!" 
>>
>>I suppose it would be too much to expect you to remember to thank the
>>French for their invaluable assistance at the time. Allez les Bleus.
> 
> I think that is a bit rude bringing that up on such an auspicious day.
> 
> BTW, what's the word for when you conspire with a foreign government/military to
> overthrow your government?

Depends who you ask. In the case of Sir Roger David Casement it was 
called treason, but my grandmother might have defined it more accurately 
as being nothing but strategy.




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"Forget Spanish. There's nothing in that language worth reading except 
Don Quixote, and a quick listen to the CD of Man of La Mancha will take 
care of that. Who speaks it that you are really desperate to talk to? 
The help? Your leaf blower? Study French or German, where there are at 
least a few books worth reading, or if you're American, try English."

                        Dame Edna Everage

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