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To: SC_Pete
The South did not invade the North. It left.

I didn't say that it did. However, since you bring it up they most certainly did. Remember Gettysburg?

The supposed moral superiority of the North is a fiction. As is the demonization(sic) of the South.

Again, you're introducing things that no one is suggesting. Curious tactic that.

We are all better off that slavery was abolished but mythmaking by the victor is no substitute for truth.

And you've mentioned "mythmaking" several times, all without enumerating a single instance. Saying "The winners write the history" is another way of saying you can't handle the truth.

32 posted on 12/01/2012 1:29:30 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: rockrr

The South seceded because they perceived an economic benefit to so. The North decided to prevent the secession because of a perceived economic benefit. The cost of the war on both sides was much greater than either anticipated.

Since then, there as been a need to justify the carnage in religious and moral grounds and to diefy Lincoln.

It’s like tryng to convince someone that the Trojan War was fought over some chick with a pretty face. It probably had more to do with regional power, maritime shipping lanes and access to raw materials.


33 posted on 12/01/2012 2:05:27 PM PST by SC_Pete
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