Roll Over Tom Paine.
John Hawkins at Right Wing News has posted his favorite quotes from Thomas Paine’s “Common Senseâ€ÂÂ.
One struck me as particularly germane to the war in Iraq when just a few words are changed.
Here’s the original:
“A line of distinction should be drawn between English soldiers taken in battle and inhabitants of America taken in arms. The first are prisoners, but the latter traitors. The one forfeits his liberty, the other his head.”
And here’s my version:
“A line of distinction should be drawn between Islamic terrorists taken in battle and Coalition members taken in arms. The first are prisoners, but the latter infidels. The one forfeits his liberty, the other his head.”
