" Declaration " at Burger King

The main editorial in the Boston Globe this July 4th was a

    fitting reprint of the 1776  " Declaration of Independence ". At first

    it seemed mere patriotic ritual to me. I must have first " read " the

    historic document when I was about 12 years old. The fiery passion of

    justified REBELLION was clear to me. But the wording a little too

    ponderous- like hearing your father argue with a hard hearted bill

    collector over the phone. Of course you were on Pop's side! On the side

    of HUMAN RIGHTS as opposed to mere OFFICIAL RIGHTS.

        But this morning I was disposed to read  the American " Declaration

    of Independence " - more carefully than ever before. Now I understood

    every paragraph. Indeed a very RINGING document! This was not revolution

    for the hell of it. Authority in the colonies had become too tyrannical

    and outrageous.  True the document expressed the indignation of a hardly

    impoverished merchant class. But they were MEN- honorable MEN - first.

    And they had HAD IT with the Crown. The " Declaration " still sizzles

    on the 4th of July ! And still inspires the world.