Did The Us Have A Right To Seperate?

[Guest JeffCR07]

anyone?

[RandomProddy]

[quote name='MorphRC' date='Aug 22 2004, 08:43 AM'] Any war against the british is a just war [/quote]

Nazi Germany thanks you.

Edited August 23, 2004 by RandomProddy

[Crusader_4]

[quote name='Paladin D' date='Aug 22 2004, 12:05 AM'] Wait wait wait, the US seperated from Canada? I never heard of this...

Plus, I thought the US was older than Canada. [/quote]
Hey Paladin...as a country the Americans are older however as colonies or rather settlements Canada goes much futher then the United States. One for example can trace Viking Settlements in Canada in Newfoundland as well as John Cabot and especially Jacques Cartier. However to say they seperated from "Canada" would be for the most part true as Canada remained Loyal to Britain while the 13 colonies did not thus seperating themselves from Canada.

[Mary's Knight, La]

couple of things to clear up, as far as US V/S Canada, britain eventually made colonies in Canada, and in an uprecedented act, let them keep french law, etc. but once britain obtained canada it was as a seperate colony unconnected from the US

now did the US have a right to secede from Britain:
Legally: NO, the DoI was a technically useless document. I could declare my independence from the state of La and the USA and write it down, but i dont have the legal power to enact that. though the law is all words so its a tricky issue as to what contains legal power with regards to seccession

morally: i have to say according to my studies, general ed college classes. the US was originally *resisting* british authority to make them take notice and reform and then the colonies would be happy british citizens. however when it became clear the current level of resistance would not work, they had to pursue a more drastic option. it was clearly a case of elevating responsible civil disobedience till there was no choice but to escalate to armed resistance and when event that didnt work secession. In my mind there is no doubt that each step wasn't necessary and to a degree planned.

[MorphRC]

[quote name='RandomProddy' date='Aug 23 2004, 03:44 PM']
Nazi Germany thanks you. [/quote]
Their Welcome

[Guest JeffCR07]

Mary's Knight, please read my above post on the morality of revolution in the eyes of the Church.

Also, if [i]anyone[/i] could respond, I am up for open dialogue on the subject.

- Your Brother In Christ, Jeff

[kateri05]

[quote name='JeffCR07' date='Aug 24 2004, 09:13 AM']

Also, if [i]anyone[/i] could respond, I am up for open dialogue on the subject.

- Your Brother In Christ, Jeff [/quote]
although its probably not the response you're looking for, Jeff, I'm in complete agreement with you