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I know. You've been beating on that theory since the beginning of our exchange. You seem to have a bit of an obsession with it. What makes me unhappy is that most other people can't see what I see, nor can they follow my explanations much of the time, not enough to sway us from our folly. I feel like Cassandra much of the time, and yes, that is indeed frustrating.

I am telling you the truth. You are not unhappy because of Abraham Lincoln, the civil war or the behavior of anybody else living then or now. You are unhappy because of what you do and don't do. You will not be happy until you accept responsibility for you own life. You need to understand that you have the power to improve your own circumstances and that Abraham Lincoln does not. Your sense of powerlessness is just a crutch that isn't working.

Lincoln doesn't care what you think. You should care what you think.

I am telling you the truth. You are not unhappy because of Abraham Lincoln, the civil war or the behavior of anybody else living then or now. You are unhappy because of what you do and don't do. You will not be happy until you accept responsibility for you own life. You need to understand that you have the power to improve your own circumstances and that Abraham Lincoln does not. Your sense of powerlessness is just a crutch that isn't working.

Thank you Dr. Freud. The only thing you've convinced me of is your inability to grasp the point I keep attempting to put in front of you.

That one thing follows from another, and before you can solve a problem, you must learn what caused the problem in the first place.

Our history is a sequence of events, and these events contribute to the zeitgeist of current society, and a true understanding of current society cannot be had without comprehending the underpinnings of it.

I keep mentioning prayer in schools, which you generally ignore, but what do you suppose would be the consequence of it were it still allowed?

What has been the consequence of government funding of Welfare and other "great society" programs?

It is my opinion that Western civilization is built on Judeo-Christian doctrines and principles, and that if we lose those, we will have, in fact, lost civilization.

Tau Food: "Lincoln doesn't care what you think. You should care what you think."

Thanks for getting down in tall grass and mud with our FRiend Diogenes Lamp.
There's no doubt in my mind that DiogenesLamp is one sick puppy, whose overheated imagination has rendered his mind delusional, as you suggested earlier.

Just be careful you don't get so deep in his muck than you yourself can't climb back out, FRiend.