The Off Topic Topic

[fhdz]

He actually did though. It's kind of fucked up, honestly.

[Ed Anger]

I laughed.

[derspiess]

I guess we have another VC/NVA sympathizer here

CHARLIE DON'T SURF

[Queequeg]

I like my new profile pic that I think I'll post a lot more.

[jimmy olsen]

What the...

[jimmy olsen]

He actually did though. It's kind of fucked up, honestly.

Obama said

And we discussed the fact that Ho Chi Minh was actually inspired by the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and the words of Thomas Jefferson.

This is a historical fact, Ho opened the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence with it.

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/van_kien/declar.html

"All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness"

This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America m 1776. In a broader sense, this means: All the peoples on the earth are equal from birth, all the peoples have a right to live, to be happy and free.

[derspiess]

So Tim's a communist now.  Anyone else want to declare their party membership?

[Admiral Yi]

If he was inspired by it, the inspiration didn't carry him very far.

Fairer to say he was familiar with the text, and copied parts of it as a PR stunt.  Nothing about the operation of North Vietnam suggests they held any of the principles in high esteem.

[Ed Anger]

So Tim's a communist now.  Anyone else want to declare their party membership?

Clearly, he's been compromised by Asian ladyboys.

[katmai]

Only thing this shows is Derspicy drinks from Fox News nonsense. Which we already knew.

[Sheilbh]

National liberation?

[derspiess]

Only thing this shows is Derspicy drinks from Fox News nonsense. Which we already knew.

Close, but no chimichanga.  I actually first read about it on some leftist dude's blog. 

[jimmy olsen]

So Tim's a communist now.  Anyone else want to declare their party membership?

The internet gives me the ability to quote Hitler and King George III as well. Does that make me a Communist-Nazi-Monarchist? 

[derspiess]

So Tim's a communist now.  Anyone else want to declare their party membership?

The internet gives me the ability to quote Hitler and King George III as well. Does that make me a Communist-Nazi-Monarchist? 

No.  You've been sliding leftward for a while now.

[Neil]

Big deal.  All sorts of horrific, evil places were inspired by the declaration of independence, most notably the early United States.