[Prospero]

Until such time as the Confederate Congress decides differently, the Third National is still flown once each year above the state capitol building in Raleigh, not the Jack or the, so-called, Battle Flag, and why should anyone be ashamed of it?

Even if I were not a member of the SCV, I would still remain a Son of Confederate Veterans, and I am inevitable.

That is to say I am not fond of revisionism of any sort when it comes to history. Recorded well or badly, or warped or not at all, the facts of the situation are beyond my power to revoke or to endorse. History, warts and all, should be taught with full awareness of what George Santayana wrote, so well, "We must welcome the future, knowing it will soon be the past, and we must forgive the past knowing, at the time, it was all that was humanly possible."

And for my cousins who fear the Confederate symbols, or who have been taught to fear symbols of any kind, ask yourselves, if you were a mouse, would you prefer the attacking house cat be belled or approaching your den by stealth?

[3boysdad]

Well said.