Talk:Live Free or Die
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Idaho's motto is not "Famous Potatoes" -it is Esto Perpetua. Illinois is not "Land of Lincoln" it is State Sovereignty, Nation Union. Either of which I think compares to Live free or die. Rmhermen 17:41 28 May 2003 (UTC)
Neither one of these mottos compares to New Hampshires motto of "Live free or die." In having many close personal friends from this state, I can argue that many of them live indeed by that motto. How many other states in the U.S. can boast that their residents are as proud as New Hampshire residents to recite their motto as often as they do? The whole part of being a United States citizen is summed up in those four words. LLunt
I like "State Sovereignty, National Union." It sums up the reconciliation of two seemingly incompatible things, that is the concept of the individual states' sovereignty over their territories and federal supremacy in laws. Dont get me wrong, "Live Free or Die" is a great motto to live by on a personal level.
True. I had tried to fudge the wording to cover that, but failed. I have re-inserted them in the license plate section of the article, where they belong. (Gotta get "famous potatoes" in somewhere!) -- DavidWBrooks 21:20 28 May 2003 (UTC)
From the Village pump:
[edit] Quote marks in article title?
I have created an article for "Live free or die" - the delightfully quirky state motto of New Hampshire. The question is: Should the title have quotation marks in it?
I didn't put them in because it seemed weird, but since the title refers to the words as words rather than their meaning, maybe they should be there. I can't find other article titles that are phrases to act as guidelines, although that's probably just due to lack of imagination on my part. Any thoughts? - DavidWBrooks 15:04 27 May 2003 (UTC)
- It won't be an issue like that. You can't have double quotes in article titles. You can have single quotes in a title, but I wouldn't recommend it for this case, just the bare words. Furthermore, I would suggest having the actual article at State motto of New Hampshire, New Hampshire (motto), State motto (New Hampshire), or something like that, and Live free or die as a redirect to that. -- John Owens 15:10 27 May 2003 (UTC)
- P.S. Hmm, judging by the single blue link I now see above, it looks as though someone else has pre-emptively disagreed with me, though. ;) -- John Owens 15:12 27 May 2003 (UTC)
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- There is, it turns out, already a List of state mottos page. I linked to Live Free or die from there. I'm not enthusiastic about titling the article some variant of New Hampshire (motto), since nobody cares about state mottos as such - in this case people are vastly more likely to have heard the phrase and want to find out about it, and IMHO the article title should reflect that approach. But I'm not wedded to the idea, since a search on the phrase would find the article either way -- DavidWBrooks 15:25 27 May 2003 (UTC)
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- See Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (slogans), where some discussion/voting on the subject is under way. I recommend Live free or die, myself. Martin
Under the [legal battles] section of this article, I changed "George Maynard, a Jehovan's Witness cut off 'to die' from his plate for religious reasons" back to what it was originally supposed to read, "George Maynard, a Jehovan's Witness cut off 'or die' from his plate for religious reasons". -- Kyle T.
[edit] capitalized
I just realized that in state law (RSA 3:8) [1] the motto is capitalized Live Free or Die - normally, I would just create a page with that title and move (the administrative function, not cut-and-paste) this one there ... but alas, back in 2003, a page with the proper capitalization was created and turned into a redirect to this page. I will have to figure out how to move this page to an existing page (so we don't lose the Talk history). - DavidWBrooks 14:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
- Turns out it was a snap - so here we are. - DavidWBrooks 14:12, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Licence plates
The in regards to the statement about the irony of prison inmates making license plates under the legal section. Come on. This last part is liberal babble, other than pointing out a general observation that is known for the most part. Considering most states, if not all, have their license plates made by Prison Inmates. It should also be noted that Prisoners who make such plates volunteer for the work, get paid (admittedly not much) and appreciate the work because they learn a trade they can apply when they are rehabilitated. Also, does a statement like that belong in the legal section of the article? Idbjoshm 18:57, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
