[Owl558]

“Amazing how one word “SECESSION” can evoke such passions.”

We’re discussing fundamental questions about our republican values, same as our forebearers. And since we’re playing semantic games here, let’s get the definitions right:

se·cede [si-seed]
verb (used without object), se·ced·ed, se·ced·ing.
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.

rev·o·lu·tion [rev-uh-loo-shuhn]
noun 1. an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.

The defitions overlap in some ways, but it seems to me that the South seceded and the War of Independance was a revolution. That’s my $0.02.

[Ohioan]

The War of Independence has been referred to as a Revolution. It was really a counter-revolution, in a sense. But the word "Revolution" does not appear in the Declaration of Independence. Blackwell's essential point, here, really discredits his knowledge of the subject, not Ron Paul's.

As a fellow Cincinnatian, I am embarrassed for Ken. He should stick to what he knows.