[SeaRex]

I'm not arguing for or against the holiday itself, nor am I talking about the Declaration and what it means or doesn't mean. I don't care about your opinion on the Declaration, and I'm not going to (and so far, haven't attempted to) argue about it with you.

I meant what I said (although I said it sarcastically): it's called "Independence Day" because nobody is going to be so ridiculously over-literal (like you're being) that they would construe that America's celebration of the independent governing of itself is somehow related to America's (or ANY other country's) current economic or social dependence on other countries.

Don't take it personally, let me just put it this way: one of my biggest pet peeves is people taking a single goddamn word and over-extrapolating it way past its limits based on a narrow definition. That's all there is to it.

I get the same way when people on this forum get called a racist for being blatantly discriminatory about a certain religion or something, but the get their panties in a wad because "racist" isn't the right word to them. The end result is the same... they're still a fucking intolerant ass.