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232 Years Ago, Traitors Were 'Hanged Until Dead'
theinformationparadox.com — During the revolutionary era in our nation's history, traitors were not dealt with lightly.
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- TyCage, on 07/03/2008, -7/+1And I suppose only white, land owning, men should be allowed to vote, and people should be able to be owned as property also?
Buried.- pariahjane, on 07/03/2008, -2/+3Apparently you didn't even bother reading the post since nothing of the sort was implied.
- TyCage, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1No, I read the post. It was saying we should be doing things the way they were done over 200 years ago by hanging people for treason.
"The government should deal with traitors and those who commit treason, as they did 232 years ago, 'hanged until dead'."
I was merely pointing out other things that were done by our government 200 years ago, just to keep things in perspective. - bgrah449, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1In the defense of things they were doing 200 years ago, they were also securing your freedoms of speech, press, religion, and assembly. So they had some good ideas, too.
- TyCage, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1No, I read the post. It was saying we should be doing things the way they were done over 200 years ago by hanging people for treason.
- pariahjane, on 07/03/2008, -2/+3Apparently you didn't even bother reading the post since nothing of the sort was implied.
- PoliticalMan922, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4Well I don't know, TyCage. I think that hanging might not be the most effective way, but I think that a traitor should be punished completely. And in no way should only white, land owning, men be allowed to vote. Everyone who is a citizen should be allowed to vote.
- Kanele, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4"Hanged until Dead"? And here i was thinking it was just for like 5 minutes to give them a lesson ^^
- andruslinda, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2This is America, once being a traitor was serious. Now you all types of people in these states, carrying their flags, their beliefs, their rights,never mind the heart set of of old America.. Goverment has ruined the ability of getting a home. Didn't
- Detritus, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1It is always alarming when people with a poor understanding of history try to make grand statements about it, but this post is so confused I think he has a more fundamental problem with writing.
ProTip:
Most of the people hung for treason in the Revolutionary War (The American Colonies' civil war with the British Empire) were the American Rebels.
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