A PRELIMINARY NOTE : At this early stage of our development many, if not all, of the pages here are incomplete and/or make no sense. We apologize for any inconvenience, confusion, insensibility and dubiety. Please refer to our Terms of Service for more information. Meanwhile, we devote this, our home page, such as it is so far, to subjects we hold to be fundamental to the American way of life and system of justice: statues, freedom, and the Constitution.
Here is a picture of patriots (some at the time would have called them insurrectionists ) hauling down a statue of King George of England. Many of George's statues were toppled during the revolution (or, if you please, the insurrection ), much to the delight of onlookers who would shout, "Down with Georgie!" in between mouthfuls of popcorn or candied apples which were sold by opportunistic vendors during such events.
The United States has a long history of discontent with statutes, er, that is to say, statues. The country was, in fact, founded on the principle that some statues are bad and should be toppled or otherwise removed from public view because they represent things that might offend some people or make them uncomfortable or possibly trigger latent disabling anxieties born of systemic injustice or, perhaps, misguided or inadequate parenting. For example, by 1776, many people targeted statues of King George, beca