Golly gee whiz, I can hardly wait.
Now you.
You posted this:
2,530 posted on 02/12/2005 6:14:31 AM CST by Non-Sequitur
2,534 posted on 02/12/2005 10:16:19 AM CST by Non-Sequitur
Jefferson Davis, when he was told of the assassination, deplored it to his traveling companions. Assassination had always been outside the pale of the American political community. We're American, not Mediterranean, we didn't do vendetta. Booth broke that taboo, and Southerners widely deprecated his deed.
You have no call to sneer at people you don't know, by using Booth as an "exemplar" to tar other people who had nothing to do with his crime. You start in on that stuff, and you've got yourself a little flame war. You're using Booth to sneer at people who were much better than Booth and would never have stooped to assassination -- duelling, maybe; Lincoln had participated in one himself. But this is just uncalled for, and you knew it when you posted it.
So, just who the hell do you think you are? Talking to your betters like that -- you aren't tall enough to pee into Bedford Forrest's boot, but you run your mouth like a barroom drunk, safe behind your keyboard. Coward, yourself, slackmouth -- hell, you aren't tall enough to pee into my boot.
Who taught you your manners? Where did you get them? From home? I hope not. I know people who grew up in double-wides and working farmhouses who sound like Larry Olivier next to you -- and you claim an education. In what? Mumbling at people? Ankle-biting? -- a BAB degree?
Go crawl back under your table. Have another round. It's Saturday night. Just don't disturb the adults.
Next time you post up, try waiting until you actually have something to say.