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I don't remember hearing about the ingenuity of the damn yankees in building a submarine and sinking the first ship in history by it do you?

(And kill its crew in the process.) You should see some of the "ingenuity" of the Japanese and Germans during WW2. They showed more "ingenuity" the more desperate they go ("kamikazes", anyone?).

But it's better to curse the names of brave men who served their state well than to look at the beliefs of anti-Semites we're supposed to honor as good 'Americans'

Being burried under an American flag with military honors is generally not considered "cursing" someone except in the bizarro world of those who seem to despise America and the American flag. I used to think that such people were concentrated on the Left. Alas, I was wrong.

[billbears]

You should see some of the "ingenuity" of the Japanese and Germans during WW2. They showed more "ingenuity" the more desperate they go

The difference between those other cultures and the Confederacy are so numerous it would take a whole thread to lay them out. Suffice it to say one serious reason is they were fighting for their homes and not military supremacy over another nation. They just wanted to be left alone.

Being burried under an American flag with military honors is generally not considered "cursing" someone except in the bizarro world of those who seem to despise America and the American flag

To me it is when they fought with their last breath against the oppressive government of the north. I think someone should buy a plot of land for these brave men and proudly fly the National flag of the Confederacy over their graves

[Cobra Scott]

Being burried under an American flag with military honors is generally not considered "cursing" someone except in the bizarro world of those who seem to despise America and the American flag.

I wholeheartedly agree, and feel that the efforts of the Navy are intended with the utmost of respect.

Unfortunately, that same respect is conspicuously absent from the general public. From banning battle flags in public view to doggedly insulting anyone who might claim that their ancestors fought for honor, not for an institution of slavery which they disagreed with and worked to dismantle.

[Smokin' Joe]

(And kill its crew in the process.)

We have killed as many crews of space 'vessels' as died in the Hunley. (Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia).

The Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, and did so before a practical engine existed for submarine vessels (with human power).

The cutting edge of military technology is fraught with risk, but the Hunley had disengaged from the target, and was on the way back. In all probability she was run over by a Union ship and otherwise might have survived to sink another.