The Uses of Anger in the US Declaration of Independence
Channel: LIVING SOCIOLOGY
Date: 2019-12-04

First Person, Plural on CFUV-fm, Victoria, BC 
Originally aired  July 4, 2002

Most people in the United States know that July the 4th is a holiday. Read newspaper ads or watch commercials on television and you will see the "July 4th" sales. Some of these ads will also use the words Independence Day interchangeably with July 4th.Red, white and blue are the colours associated with the holiday, and in a number of states, fireworks are bought, displayed and watched by thousands of onlookers. 

Because we are Americans living in Canada, because we have reasons for being here, because we are living in a time when people are not satisfied with their governments, not only in America but all over the world, because many people in Canada and a few people in America are asking some hard questions about "the war on terrorism," we spent some time this year reflecting upon Independence Day and more specifically, on the U.S. Declaration of Independence and what it means to the American culture and the world. We are going to devote this hour to sharing with you these meditations.

copyright: Carl Wilkerson and Pattie Thomas

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