[Badray]

"You're being sarcastic, aren't you?"

Gee, you're smart. No wonder I was convinced by your argument.

[Non-Sequitur]

Gee, you're smart. No wonder I was convinced by your argument.

Are you convinced now?

[Badray]

Yes, I was being sarcastic. Your 'No, it wasn't, rebuttal' was a waste of time and bandwidth and did nothing to further discussion. Between you and Wlat, your dogmatic 'all or nothing' and 'always and never' posts make it seem that you want to create the impression that there was no redeeming value to the South.

Frankly, what you do instead is take away from any credibility that you may have. Very little is as black or white (no pun intended here either) to the degree that you two would have others believe. Regardless of what those in power wanted to do, the men who fought -- black and white -- on either side did so for varied reasons. To say otherwise is disingenuous at best.