Dorek, you evidently don't understand the fat man psyche. Having been a fat man until I moved to Iraq (where there is nothing to eat but falafel and meat of suspect origin), I believe I can shed some insight into this situation, but let me be clear-I don't claim to speak for all fat people. I totally understand…

I committed a party foul-in my haste to show everyone how smart I am, I neglected to look down and see that this has already been addressed, and graciously accepted. Please disregard my blatant pedantry.

Your thesis is interesting, but it presupposes a great deal on the importance of the American Revolution. To say that without the American Revolution, there would have been no French Revolution is pure speculation and flies in the face of the other factors that led to the French to revolt. Yes, helping America…