Posted on 10/19/2004 5:14:54 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
Well one man's hero is another man's cowardly, murdering, back-shooting sot. Go figure.
I didn't have a bad experience when I visited NY, but I don't think Watie would lie about such a thing. I am quite sure that there are people in NY that act badly, just as there are the same kind in Texas. Watie loves the South, just as I do. That doesn't make him an idiot. I would also add, that even though some Southerners may not be as bombastic, the spirit of independence and love of their land and region is probably one thing you find attractive about the South.
Let me pose you a question: If your government sent someone to assasinate a foreign leader, would you expect him to announce the fact and shoot him in the face?
Or would you do as the Mossad does, and use stealth to assassinate the man, so that you have a relatively reasonable chance of killing the man?!
I realize you hate Booth, but the man was no coward for using stealth.
No man is a hero who gets boozed up and shoots a man in the back in the presence of his wife.
I'm still waiting for an answer to the question?
And now another: Does an assassin worry about the presence of a spouse? Does the Mossad care about such measures? Would the Secret Service care?
You are avoiding the questions, because you don't like the logical answers.....
Yes indeed. He MEANT to commit an act of cowardice. I agree it was indeed intentional.
Yes...I can tell you are certainly no native Texan.
The question was directed at the Lincoln-Loving Poster Boy, Noni....not you. But since you chime in, answer the questions logically, not with a stupid, meaningless retort.
Slavery existed under the American flag for 90 years...relatively speaking the American flag is just as much a racist symbol as the Confederate flag is. And I won't even start on why the American Indian might see the American flag as a symbol of racism.
Ah, yes, all native Texan's are worshippers at the feet of John Wilkes Booth? What have you been smoking?
Answer the question or go away.
Oh font of Yankee wisdom...yooohooo!
I am still waiting for an answer to my questions, or will you send another "Brigade" Flunky to attempt to distract me again :)
He is when he eliminates a Tyrant :)
And his wife has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Comparing scum like Booth with the Secret Service or Mossad is asinine. Comparing him with Oswald would be more appropriate.
Booth is just as legitimate an asasssin as any other. There is even growing proof that the Confederate Government ordered it. Which makes it even MORE legitimate.
You are skirting the issue, and avoiding the truth.
There is no proof that the confederate government ordered it. Booth was a man too cowardly to fight for his 'country' so turned to murder instead. His courage came not from patriotism but from brandy. At least other assassins like Charles Guiteau or Leon Czolgosz had the courage to look their victim in the eye before pulling the trigger. They didn't creep up and shoot someone in the back.
There was an article in Civil War Times about two years ago that dealt with the conspiracy theory, and the evidence was very strong that the "hit" was ordered, because Stanton had ordered a hit on Jefferson Davis and his cabinet. The article looked pretty convincing. John Wilkes Booth was an assassin who shot a man in the back of the head. The Mossad has done the same thing, but from a further distance. Brandy has nothing to do with it. The bottom line here, is you just don't like the man. That is your right. However, I don't believe he was a coward, and you will have to provide hard evidence to prove it. Every description of Booth's death describes him going down fighting.
Sure. And with about 5 mintues time and a good search engine you can find websites that state the evidence is very strong that the conspiracy was headed by Stanton or Andrew Johnson or the international bankers or the Catholic Church or just about any leader other than that drunken SOB John Booth.
I agree, but no, this one was very convincing, David Herrold, one of the involved persons, was a member of the Confederate Secret Service. I wish I could find that issue. It was written by a Northern Professor if I recall.......
what i said about our harassment at "ground zero" AND the FOOLS at the restaurant are FACTUAL.
i, too, wish they were not so. alas, they are CORRECT & i fear consistent with "knewyawk" & damnyankee society in general.
free dixie,sw
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