To: kenavi
Not personally......:)
Who fired first isn't the issue. It is more like who provoked who first.
To: TexConfederate1861
Who fired first isn't the issue. It is more like who provoked who first.
Trying to crystallize a complex dispute. Lincoln refrained from being the first to fire on fellow Americans to settle the dispute, the South didn't. For me, that's a red line that should prevent Americans from honoring the Confederacy, even those who argue that slavery is entitled to the benefit of a relativist morality.
165 posted on
01/19/2006 4:00:46 PM PST by
kenavi
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