Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: I almost forgot

A happy Independence Day to all our friends over there in the US of A.
Long live America.
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscalinet.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/

 Long live America.
On the Fourth of July, what does professional independence mean to you? I
asked many a free agent and got  very different answers, ranging from the
joys of self-discovery to freedom from hairspray.

 A happy Independence Day to all our friends over there in the US of A.
Grazie! Mi associo agli auguri. Sfortunatamente oggi e` nuvolo (L.A.),
speriamo che per il picnic migliori. 
Ciao!
-- 
Franco
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
(L. Wittgenstein)

 Long live America.
Mi associo. Pensavo oggi che Jefferson doveva veramente essere un genio e un
uomo di grande coraggio. Avere il coraggio di scrivere 225 anni fa che
l'uomo ha il diritto al "pursuit of happiness" è una cosa bellissima, una
delle perle dello spirito umano.
Long live America!
"Fay Ce Que Vouldras"
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panurgo13

 delle perle dello spirito umano.
Senza nulla togliere al merito di SCRIVERE dei buoni princěpi, resta
comunque aperto il problema di una loro piů profonda messa in pratica (vedi
la pena di morte eccetera).

>From: Franco 
in...@hotmail.com
 
Nuvolo?  Qui (SF) c'e' una nebbia ed un vento gelido!  Not your average picnic
day.
ciao.
Arianna

comunque aperto il problema di una loro più profonda messa in pratica
I have to agree with Lucio on this one.
Our Founding Fathers may have had good intentions, but this concept of "pursuit
of happiness" certainly did not trickle down to all strata of society.  It
didn't then and it isn't now.  I  find a great deal of divergence between what
they wrote and what they practiced.  The Preamble to the Constitution begins
with "We, the People".  That makes me wonder...who were they referring to when
they said "We, the people".  Who is "we"? I think that they were talking about
themselves.
The Declaration of Independence says:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness"  
Yeah...sure!...Life?  How does that jive with the death penalty?  Liberty and
happiness?  Jefferson himself owned about 200 slaves (the number varied
depending on the period of course) and only freed an handful even though  he
spoke out against slavery several times.  
Maybe, what they had in mind when they wrote about the "pursuit of happiness"
was a quote by Martha Washington (I think it was Martha's, but I am not
positive so don't quote me on that) that said: "Happiness is an attitude".  If
happiness is an attitude, then everyone can be happy, even if one has to work
14 hours a day, seven days a week picking cotton in the fields.
Sorry if I sound so sour.  In spite of everything, I love this country!  Happy
Fourth to everyone from sea to shining sea!
ciao
Arianna

was a quote by Martha Washington...
whatever the original intentions were, I would say that it has been universally translated 
in the well known "every man for himself" that drives american life today.

in the well known "every man for himself" that drives american life today.
so very true!
ciao
Ari