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Nunya Business News, July 4, 2003
4th of July: America Exposed
by Ima Fuller Dung, Staff Reporter
"4th of July". Those 3 simple words conjure up some mighty powerful images: hot dogs, fireworks, patriotism and parades. However, most Americans don?t stop to think about the hideous history and motivation behind the traditions they hold so dear. How could they? If they did, they?d realize that even then, America was steeped in imperialism, unable to tolerate other cultures and peoples. If we stopped to think about these things, it would spoil our holiday.
Take the Boston Tea Party for example. City University History Adjunct Professor Seymour Butts says that while history revisionists tell us it was a brave stand for independence from heavy taxation, it was actually nothing more than an early example of environment pollution.
?It was hardly a simple harmless tea party?, says Professor Butts. ?On that day, America started a dangerous tradition that continues to this day. When those patriots dumped that tea in the water, they knew they weren?t just protesting high taxes. Recent research has shown that this ?tea party? had disastrous environmental effects on those waters. To this day, the area is uninhabitable by the once common 3 eyed sea bunny. That event was the beginning of a dangerous precedent that still reigns freely in American thought; ?Hey, we?re America?we can pollute whatever we want and we just don?t give a crap.?
Even the Declaration Of Indepence doesn?t escape scrutiny.
?The document?s history is steeped in religious intolerance?, says Rita Palm, principal at Lincoln High School. ?I mean, just look at it; you?ve got a bunch of old white guys using such incindiary language as ?Nature's God?. What most people don?t know is that a very large group of the original colonists were members of a religion that worshipped Mother Nature. How do you think it made them feel? I tell you, that document started America on its dangerous tradition of religious intolerance that still rages on, and most Americans just don?t give a crap.?
Even the methods by which we celebrate our independence are suspect. Earl E. Byrd, Teacher?s Assistant at Lawrence Elementary School was very critical of fireworks.
?The firecracker is America?s way of giving the ?virtual finger? to the rest of the world. By shooting off explosives high into the air where the whole world can see them, what we?re actually saying is ?Ha! We?re America, and we can do whatever we want, and if you don?t like it, be careful ? we just might decide to bomb the crap outta you!?.?
4th of July: America Exposed
by Ima Fuller Dung, Staff Reporter
"4th of July". Those 3 simple words conjure up some mighty powerful images: hot dogs, fireworks, patriotism and parades. However, most Americans don?t stop to think about the hideous history and motivation behind the traditions they hold so dear. How could they? If they did, they?d realize that even then, America was steeped in imperialism, unable to tolerate other cultures and peoples. If we stopped to think about these things, it would spoil our holiday.
Take the Boston Tea Party for example. City University History Adjunct Professor Seymour Butts says that while history revisionists tell us it was a brave stand for independence from heavy taxation, it was actually nothing more than an early example of environment pollution.
?It was hardly a simple harmless tea party?, says Professor Butts. ?On that day, America started a dangerous tradition that continues to this day. When those patriots dumped that tea in the water, they knew they weren?t just protesting high taxes. Recent research has shown that this ?tea party? had disastrous environmental effects on those waters. To this day, the area is uninhabitable by the once common 3 eyed sea bunny. That event was the beginning of a dangerous precedent that still reigns freely in American thought; ?Hey, we?re America?we can pollute whatever we want and we just don?t give a crap.?
Even the Declaration Of Indepence doesn?t escape scrutiny.
?The document?s history is steeped in religious intolerance?, says Rita Palm, principal at Lincoln High School. ?I mean, just look at it; you?ve got a bunch of old white guys using such incindiary language as ?Nature's God?. What most people don?t know is that a very large group of the original colonists were members of a religion that worshipped Mother Nature. How do you think it made them feel? I tell you, that document started America on its dangerous tradition of religious intolerance that still rages on, and most Americans just don?t give a crap.?
Even the methods by which we celebrate our independence are suspect. Earl E. Byrd, Teacher?s Assistant at Lawrence Elementary School was very critical of fireworks.
?The firecracker is America?s way of giving the ?virtual finger? to the rest of the world. By shooting off explosives high into the air where the whole world can see them, what we?re actually saying is ?Ha! We?re America, and we can do whatever we want, and if you don?t like it, be careful ? we just might decide to bomb the crap outta you!?.?
