On This Day- The Boston Tea Party

On this day December 16th, 1773, things got real messy in Boston harbor when protestors destroyed the cargo of three American owned ships carrying imported tea. Although the ships weren't damaged about 46 tons of tea (grown in China) was tossed overboard by these activists. Protestors were pissed off about being taxed without having representation in the British Parliament. Course things got heated after that and eventually this led to the 'American Revolution'.

Samuel Adams was pivotal in drumming up support for the 'Boston Tea Party'.
But would he do things differently if he were alive today?

Boycott Tea... Drink Beer !

Imagine how these lawbreaking radicals would be criticized in today's press for some dressing up as Indians when they committed their acts of vandalism. To say nothing of violating the environmental pollution regulations. In those days the King didn't have a swat team at his disposal. I'm sure he would have sent them in if he had.

I'm not sure how those extremists would feel today about paying taxes on earnings to a city they don't live in or today's commuter taxes. I'm not sure either they'd be in full agreement having to pay certain cities' sales taxes they don't reside in either.

Like Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr once said, "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose".
(The more things change, the more they stay the same)