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Re: What's a freedom fighter?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 28 May 2004 15:49:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
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And there’s no denying that convict beginnings has a lot to do with
Australia’s cultural identity, including our general cynicism in relation to
all authority, its motives and its practices.
One of our more endearing qualities ;-)
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Then we may be the same. Our FF were very wary of government and set up our
Constitution to basically protect the people’s freedom from the government they
were establishing.
Our heritage is colorful, but not for the same reasons as yours;-)
JOHN
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| (...) C /be/have been/ (...) Too bad we've deviated so far from that in the 200+ years since then. c.f. the Patriot Act for instance. ++Lar (who just got a telemarketing call from the GOP with one of those quasi surveys... after answering a few (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Ha! No convicts in my line as far as I know (I'm sorry to say), but definitely some displaced Irish, downtrodden English, and the odd Scot. Mind you, that was all a long time ago, and its not like genealogy has been a big interest in my family (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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