[Corin Stormhands]

Great to see you Vim! It's lonely bein' the only dwarf around here. So many rude noises. So many smells. So little time.

Brother g'nad is packin' for his adventure, and libarian has been scarce these last few days.

Always glad to see you back.

Thanks for your remarks about the other thread. I don't want to keep the War going either (unlike many southernors). But I am intrigued by the history and I have a great deal of respect for people on both sides. I don't think we can judge the hearts of people of the 1860s by the standards of 2003. Especially since in many cases, our standards are much lower.

/soapbox

Don't be a stranger.

[Wneighbor]

But I am intrigued by the history and I have a great deal of respect for people on both sides. I don't think we can judge the hearts of people of the 1860s by the standards of 2003.

Well said. I also find that I am often judged immediately simply because I speak with pride about some of the things the confederacy stood for. Slavery is and was repulsive. Why is it that when I speak for the south I am immediately considered pro-slavery and/or anti-American? That is simply repulsive when I could not be more opposite either of those things.

ignorance. pure ignorance. and we can't seem to get away from it.

[libarian]

libarian has been scarce these last few days

I was on a short vacation to the hills of PA. I have returned.