[Ursus arctos horribilis]

I posted this on an earlier thread and will repost that section now, the author of the article may never know just how right he is.

"I never thought I could have come to the cold hatred I am beginning to feel for some in this country. I think I now have some small understanding as to what made the American civil war one of the most bloody conflicts in history. It was the mutual hatred of two distinct peoples who no longer had a common middle ground, and we are now moving ever closer to that disaster once again."

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Yeah, it's pretty much the exact same situation. Except that slavery's been abolished, there's no more contention between people who want to expand westward across the continental United States versus anti-expansionist citizens, and there aren't armed bands of militia with bitterly clashing ideologies roaming the countryside. Other than that, it's like 1861 all over again.

[Travis McGee]

#26: I agree.