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To: exmarine
Both sides committed evils. The north was not this benevolent freer of the slaves my friend.

Show me exactly where or when I have ever indicated otherwise. And does that fact excuse the southern slaveocracy for their sins?

This is another dodge of the Lost Cause Cult. You treat events from 150 years ago as if they were current. If I say something perfectly true, but damning about a confederate leader, you take it as a personal insult and then scream that everyone in the north was not a saint. Or if you're insane like that stand watie character, you just scream that everyone in the north is, was, and forever will be the devil incarnate.

Hint: No one back then was a saint. They were all just people, and the majority of them on both sides were doing exactly what they thought was right for their situation.

173 posted on 01/15/2004 3:45:36 PM PST by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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To: Ditto
Stand Watie is not insane....just unforgiving.
182 posted on 01/15/2004 4:22:25 PM PST by TexConfederate1861 ("Dixie and Texas Forever")
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