Frazz by Jef Mallett for July 07, 2011

I think the distinction is that if it succeeds, it’s a revolution; if it fails, it’s a rebellion.

It doesn’t matter, the winner writes history.

Oh come on, all historians write (or rewrite) with bias. There is no such thing as a totally accurate impartial history. Histories are all written by humans, after all…

“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” – Napoleon Boneparte :P

Much prefer that we get back to the other arcs and leave the punditry ot the news outlets. Even the country music arc was better than this.

Jeremy Holley: Or as Mark Twain translated Histoire: un fable agreable, Lies agreed to.

You call this a punchline?

ie. Pardon me (PUNCH), I’m sorry I hit you.

You think this is a one-sided skewage of our shared history… really? Wow. I’m completely underwhelmed.

I think this is actually a very good (and rather *A*POLITICAL) point that Jef has made. The US Civil War was in many ways much like the Revolutionary War (if viewed by the British). The two major differences were a) the outcome and b) the physical distance between the waring factions.

Well, not all civil wars are revolutions (Caesar’s civil war, or the Second Triumvirate vs. the Tyrannicides) and some revolutions hardly count as wars (the Glorious Revolution). But, although the American Revolution was very much a civil war, the American Revolutionary War isn’t quite the same thing. The American Revolutionary War involved not only Great Britain and the United States, but also France, Spain, and other powers, and was fought not only in America, but all over the world. It was the fifth major phase of the Second Hundred Years War; there would be at least seven more.

I would point out, though, that, by July 4th, 1776, the American Revolution had been going on for over a year.

I know Jef loves to preach to people via his comic from time to time, but maybe he could spare us the ‘Fractured History Tales’ and stick to being a bicycle snob, okay?

I applaud Jef. It’s good to think that some people will actually learn something today. Tower excepted, of course.

OK, I have a question, when did “liberal” become a slur? What is wrong about liberty, freedom and keeping an open mind? My guess is Dukakis gave liberals a bad name and it stuck since then. Thanks conservatives. : ) (just kidding about the “conservative” remark.)

Caulfield might be spending his summer very differently if the “revolution” of 1861 had succeeded.