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To: Aurelius
$449,261.51, in 1780 dollars.

I heard it was more than that.

Still makes you wonder how he got on the great seal of the so-called CSA, doesn't it?

It's beyond absurd for you to be insulting George Washington. If anybody ever gave you any credence, you've surely p@ssed it away by belittling GW. But you are feeling a bit desperate, so it's understandable, I guess.

And you are applying a modern day judgment to an historical person -- always a slippery slope. He was a slave holder, remember? All slave holders are immune from criticism. That's the FR rule.

Walt

255 posted on 11/08/2002 2:54:01 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
"Still makes you wonder how he got on the great seal of the so-called CSA, doesn't it?"

"It's beyond absurd for you to be insulting George Washington. If anybody ever gave you any credence, you've surely p@ssed it away by belittling GW. But you are feeling a bit desperate, so it's understandable, I guess."

Your thought precesses (and I believe I am being kind in using that characterization) completely baffle me. Why do you keep obsessing on the fact that George Washinton's picture was on the great seal of the Confederacy. What is the relevance that you see in that? It completely escapes me. I don't have a clue.

Your other theme, that by calling attention to historically recorded facts about George Washington I am insulting and belittling him and damaging my credibility - not in my view in the minds of anyone whose escalator goes to the top floor, or who has any credibility themselves (either of which would explicitely exclude you, I might point out).

259 posted on 11/08/2002 12:03:07 PM PST by Aurelius
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