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To: man_in_tx
Hmmm. I am shocked. ... SHOCKED that there is nothing in your convenient abridgement of the facts about States rights.

State's right to do what?

You have made up your mind that the South was wrong to opt for Secession...I, on the other hand, believe they were well within their rights.

The difference is that the Supreme Court ruled that one of us is right and the other is wrong.

And, no, it was not all about slavery, but, yes, it was in large part about slavery. I am not thrilled to admit that part, but I do.

So how can you possibly equate the Confederate cause with that of the Founding Fathers?

Nonetheless: Slavery or no, the South was within its rights to opt for secession.

Well you know what they say about opinions.

Else the Declaration and Constitution were rather odd in permitting secession only one time (i.e., from England), but after that, mandatory inclusion in a union voluntarily entered in the first place.

The colonists rebelled, they did not secede. And with the exception of the first 13, none of the state joined anything voluntarily. They were allowed to join only after a majority of the existing states decided to permit them to.

141 posted on 06/16/2013 6:18:49 PM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: 0.E.O

The difference is that the Supreme Court ruled that one of us is right and the other is wrong.

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The Supreme Court has ruled many things incorrectly. You have to do better than that.


145 posted on 06/16/2013 6:29:55 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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To: 0.E.O

State’s right to do what?

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Oh, I could start with managing the emissions level of their factories, for one.

Yep. We lost that one at Appomattox Court House


146 posted on 06/16/2013 6:32:14 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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