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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: 23 Oct 2024 00:32:03 GMT
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:14:32 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On 22 Oct 2024 00:44:34 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:14:14 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The French invented the system.
>>> 
>>> Yeah, at the same time they were chopping heads off and trying to
>>> create a brand new culture. How did that work out for them?
>> 
>> It worked well enough that they were friends of yours, supporting your
>> revolution, too.
>> 
>> Have you forgotten where that big statue in New York City came from?
>> 
>> 
> It was King Louie the <mumble> who supported the revolution. He just
> wanted to twist the British Lion’s tail.

XVI.  His grandfather, Louis XV, had lost New France to the Brits in the 
Seven Years War (French and Indian War in the US). XV left the mortal coil 
in 1774. I would assume XVI was butt hurt about losing the colonies to the 
Brits, like Lafayette who lost his father in the same war. XVI inherited a 
real bag of crap.

Interesting times. I grew up about 25 miles from Saratoga which was the 
campaign that convinced the French backing the rebels was worthwhile. The 
area was also the site of a lot of activity during the French and Indian 
wars so we got a heavy dose ofthe state's history in school plus being 
able to go picnic on the actual battlefields.