Common Sense

I do not know the way I feel about Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Many of these things I would not classify as common sense. Like I do not know near as much about government as Thomas Paine knew about his government. I do agree with him however that it is kind of Bogus that the ruling of England was controlled by a kind and no one else can become the king unless they fell underneath his family lineage. Could you imagine having no one but George Washington's family be President of the United States? Our policies would never change and we would never expand our horizons or do different things. I completely agree with what Thomas Paine was trying to get through that statement. I really like what Paine was trying to get across to his readers under his OF MONARCHY AND HEREDITARY SUCCESSION (Paine). The first paragraph was dead on with my beliefs where it says it is true that every man was created equal but in no shape or form is any body treated equally. The poor were treated poorly, and the females were seen as lowly creatures who got no respect. Even in the Declaration of Independence it says, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Yet we see it not just throughout the world, but in the United States today racism and feminism even when the very document that the country itself was founded upon says all men are equal. We see later in the document Thomas Paine speaking of the Great Britain government ending, "The authority of Great Britain over this continent, is a form of government, which sooner or later must have an end:And a serious mind can draw no true pleasure by looking forward, under the painful and positive conviction, that what he calls 'the present constitution' is merely temporary (Paine)." I too would be upset with the government of England at this time. All the government was was an arrogant ruler trying to control all of the world that he possibly could at one time. I agree with Paine when he says, "Men do not change from enemies to friends by the alteration of a name" (Paine). This is agreeable as to say if Al Queda changed their name to the American Loving Society. Just because their terrorist operation changed their name to something good about the people who are fighting the war on terrorism against them does not mean they will be friends. This goes along with any other good guys versus bad guys in the world. I really like the point Paine got across with this argument. I do not like Paine's idea of splitting each one of the American Colonies and splitting them into six, eight or ten districts. What would the colony of Rhode Island do? There is a very small land mass there and It would be interesting to see the amount of population represented by those districts. Also say if there were a very small amount of people living in one district and none of them wanted to be involved with the politics, how would that go over with the congress? It is all very interesting to me.

Paine, By Thomas. "Thomas Paine's Common Sense - Text Version." Archiving Early America: Primary Source Material from 18th Century America. Web. 17 Oct. 2010. .