[rebelyell]

That was simply brilliant. How you have the patience to make such an exhaustive post I will never know. To take the time to C&P their words and contest them point by point, delivering death blows to their misconceptions is an act to behold. I stand in awe, sir.

[stand watie]

WELL SAID!

FRee dixie,sw

[GOPcapitalist]

Many thanks for the kind words. There are several here on the other side of this debate who seem to think that, by posting lengthy indulgences in the arts of equivocation and bloviation, they can work their way around more substantive factual material. It can be exhausting work, but the only way to truly put them back in line is to offer a detailed response. My own time is limited, so I prefer to reserve it for special circumstances. I believe Spooner to be one such circumstances, simply in light of how remarkable his take on the war was.