Ned is reliably informed that today is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, when 50 or so persons dressed as Indians threw hundreds of casks of British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the tea tax that had been passed by Parliament. What struck Ned as interesting was the news report that described the actors as "patriots". Ned would ask his friends to suggest an adjective the British public might have substituted for "patriot." Does "vandal", "terrorist" or "criminal" come to mind?
Ned suggests that one man's "terrorist" is another man's "freedom fighter."
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