Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
I never denied Loyalist atrocities; however the "Patriot myth" of the Revolution frequently vilifies "Tories" to the point of hyperbole; I call it the "Star Wars Syndrome". The average Loyalist (or for that matter, British regular) was not an Imperial Stormtrooper.
Are you quite sure about that?:

FIRST TROOPER: Do you know what's going on?

SECOND TROOPER: Maybe it's another drill.

FIRST TROOPER: Have you seen that new BT-16?

SECOND TROOPER: Yeah, some of the other guys were telling me about it. They say it's, it's quite the thing to see ... What was that?

FIRST TROOPER: That's nothing. Outgassing. Don't worry about it.


Regarding the subject of this thread (and American titles in specific), I would like to point out that it was only in the United States that Joshua Abraham Norton was able to attain a noble title.