Feb 12, 2004 22:18
meatho0ks: i found out the historical significance of the name benjamin harris
BHP007: really?
BHP007: do tell
meatho0ks: yeah
meatho0ks: the first newspaper produced in the american colonies or ever for that matter was published by a guy in boston named Ben Perman and it only ran one issue because it criticised the queen and claimed that the french king was sleeping with his sons wife
meatho0ks: the queen didnt like it and he wasnt allowed to do it any more
BHP007: that is incredibly cool
meatho0ks: it was published on september 25 1690
BHP007: that's super cool
meatho0ks: and it was called publick occurences, both foreign and domestick
meatho0ks: spelled with the k's
meatho0ks: i think its pretty punk rock
BHP007: hell yeah it is