Interesting perspective. What I find fascinating is the idea that "Independence Day" truly was an act of defiance against one's government and that our founding fathers built the Declaration of Independence in hopes that they might assure that a similar government would not rise in the same fashion on our own soil. While I am "patriotic" in relation to the ideals that are country was founded on, I do not see our government upholding these ideals as they were once intended. At the same time, I do not feel that those that celebrate intentionally ignore the irony of the day. Instead, I feel that there is more of an ignorance regarding the hypocrisy.