[#3Fan]

The taking of another life illegally could be classified as murder/homicide (of various degrees), manslaughter, abortion, infanticde, or euthanasia. Illegal sexual contact could be classified as rape or any other the other charges previously listed. What part of 11,834 courts-martial do you not understand? A soldier could face courts-martial if they also murdered their victim, and found guilty if that charge instead.

They used the term "rape" in their courts martial and 350 is all you have documented for the whole war.

No exaggeration has been proven, even when a Georgia Justice was hung which you assert did not happen.

I don't know many hanging survivors so his story definitely doesn't ring true. I'd imagine he was as prone to exaggeration as you.

And I never stated McClellan voters should be shot.

Glad to see you admit you were exaggerating about that too. It's funny you keep saying "well, they intended to do this, that, and the other" but there's never any actual deeds that would prove you right. You say they hung a guy but he didn't die. You said voters would be shot but none were. You say there were thousands of rapes by Sherman's men but you can't come up with more than 20.

Let's make this real simple. There were TWO elections. One for delegates to the constitutional convention - they voted to secede.

They were not elected in due process and they should not have been directly jerking the state of Texas around. It was not republicanism, it was thuggery.

The second was a vote by the people of Texas - they voted to secede. How is that not "republican"?

Saddam got 100% of the vote too. Leaders are to be elected, not given power through thuggery. If The Democrats win the Senate and the House this year and Daschle decided that it's be easier to just give the gavels to Alec Baldwin in Hollywood and have conventions in Hollywood to run the country so the Teamsters can guard the convention halls to keep dissenting Republicans out of the process to pass all the self-serving laws they can come up with, would you consider it legitimate? I didn't think so. That's what was done in Texas. It's a violation of Article IV Section 4, the citizens were robbed of their right to republicanism. Why do you think it was decided to secede in an illegitimate convention hall rather than the statehouse?

[4CJ]

If The Democrats win the Senate and the House this year and Daschle decided that it's be easier to just give the gavels to Alec Baldwin in Hollywood and have conventions in Hollywood to run the country so the Teamsters can guard the convention halls to keep dissenting Republicans out of the process to pass all the self-serving laws they can come up with, would you consider it legitimate? I didn't think so. That's what was done in Texas.

You're delusional! It is nothing like what was done in Texas. First of all, you have not posted anything - not one shred of evidence - that proves anyone was unable to vote for a delegate, or even that their vote would have swung the election. The Texas Constitution recognizes the right of the people of Texas to alter their form of government at will. In PRECISELY the same manner the used to RATIFY the US Constitution.

Post evidence of your asinine & ludicrous assertions.