Nixon's the One "John K. Taber" <jktaber at tacni.net>
"Seth Ackerman" <sia at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Brad DeLong wrote:
> > Brad DeLong, who is suddenly contemplating the virtues of the New
> > Hampshire license plate...
>
> "Live free or die." Yet another manifestation of the sick culture of
> martyrdom and death that has infected certain societies....
>
> Seth
I thought this motto originated with French revolutionaries, I think the 1870 Commune but maybe it was 1848.
There is a picture of a revolutionary poster in Julie Kristeva's (sp?) book showing Marianne with the legend Vivre libre ou mourir! I forget the title of her book.
The New Hampshire slogan is capitalist expropriation.
^^^^^^^^^
What's the difference between this and "Give me liberty or give me death" , Patrick Henry, 177? ?
Charles