[stainlessbanner]

Well, we haven't had a good knock down drag out North-South thread on FR for a while. Given the current thread, the posters, and comments, I thing conditions are ripe for "500+" with potential to go even higher. Stay tuned.

[CobaltBlue]

I respectfully object to the characterization of the debate as "North-South."

I was born in Virginia, grew up in Louisiana, and now live in Virginia. Both of my parents were born in Mississippi. I am not now, never was, and never will be a Yankee.

But I do know that slavery is why the South seceded, not "state's rights" or tariffs, although those were important, too. I'd love to believe that the real Confederate cause was taxes. We haven't had anybody willing to fight and die over taxes since the Whiskey Rebellion.