Sic Semper Tyrannis
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Oct 12 '06
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very nice.
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is that Aaron Burr?
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Sic Semper Tyrranus translates to “thus always to tyrants”. That is a good rendition of John Wilkes Booth but not sure who the other man on the shirt would be. Aaron Burr?
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given that JWB shouted 'Sic semper tyrannis!' when he shot Lincoln...
...what's Aaron Burr doing on this shirt? ;) |
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I understand the booth idea but if you have burr on there shouldn't you also have hamilton?
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He duel with alexander hamilton killing hamilton
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um einstein and george washington???
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too large on the shirt, feels a bit clumsy. smaller would be nice...
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spires on Oct 12 '06 Aaron Burr and John Wilkes Booth both shot radical nationalists/federalists Alexander Hamilton and Abraham Lincoln respectively.
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I am glad you are starting to do political shirts again. It is more you than anything else
I like this on Army. Me want one. $5 |
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me like it~~~
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kaloyster on Oct 12 '06 It's nice to see you're tryin' out new styles, spires!
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I WANT THIS SHIRT.
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radical nationalist and Lincon.. quite a stretch and an odd revision of american history. Not that far off on Hamilton but.. ok.
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Instead of having Aaron Burr on the shirt put George W Bush on it.
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spires on Oct 13 '06 Vlad, read some Thomas Dilorenzo. These those two are like two peas in a pod. They shared a mercantilist agenda.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo112.html |
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It looks like a bad tattoo.
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you can call me aaron burr from the way i'm droppin' hamiltons!
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Lincoln is a beloved national figure, certainly one of the top result achieving US Presidents. His premature death denied the reconstruction his leadership and was a great loss. Why put sniviling Booth on a shirt?
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spires on Oct 14 '06 That so many think Lincoln was a hero, is a testament to the evil of state education.
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An assassin and a duelist are two very different things, and I don't really think Burr belongs in a picture with Booth especially since Hamilton was Sec. of Treasury and not exactly a tyrant.
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Great job:)
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racists would totally wear this shirt!
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yyyeah, i'm not sure why someone would want to support murdering people based on their political beliefs. it's hard to legitimately claim an elected official is a tyrant.
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spires on Oct 15 '06 HAHA. By that logic, Hitler wasn't a tyrant. Hitler also found big inspiration in Lincoln. Karl Marx was a Lincoln fan.
Tyrants do these things: imprison dissenters, shut down newspapers, invade foreign countries, centralize power, make it illegal to disagree with the federal government, suspend habeus corpus, engage in protectionist economic policy, destroy the constitution, jail supreme court justices, torture opponents, the list goes on |
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I'm not sure any other politician could have kept the US together in 1861 nor what the world would have faced w/o an intact North American "arsenal of democracy" in the following century. He was far from perfect in his actions, making plenty of mistakes and misjudgements. At the very least, whether you approve of Lincoln or not, his assassination made him an enduring national icon and martyr, much like what happened w/ JFK in 1964. That pistol shot did not help the CSA and it made the following Reconstruction period a rockier ride that it had to be.
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Luke... on Oct 16 '06 nice thoughtful design
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I love that old "got milk" commercial about the duel. Very nice, love the presentation too.
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intruging.
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intriguing*.....
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this made me squeal like a b*tch
omigod omigod! yeah? and i am one. This is too cool. it's not a shirt for racists, it's a shirt for assassins. assassins kick ass by nature (not that i advocate violence...) 55555555555555555555 |
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"sic semper tyrannis" doesn't ACTUALLY mean "Death to tyrants", just so you know.
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spires on Oct 17 '06 'Thus ever be to tyrants', which is what it says above. Death is the hopeful implication.
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Hehe, this is a good shirt for history majors
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Great design! I like the pistols !
Please Chek out my newest submission ! http://www.threadless.com/submission/95608/According_his_head_with_his_heart |
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I like the design, I like that it makes people think. I don't know about the politics of it, mostly because I care more about the politics of the present.
I don't think the faces are recognizable enough for a shirt. American history buffs would get it but thats a limited market. |
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spires on Oct 20 '06 Wow, this ended with a better score than I had anticipated. Thanks guys!
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I want this printed =/
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I want it, too
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Is this available as a shirt??
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