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To: FredHunter08
I imagine that if we’d lost the Revolution against the British Empire, it would be referred to similarly.

I have no doubt that it would. But we didn't lose our revolution while the South, well, you all did lose yours.

62 posted on 05/24/2007 6:43:53 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
“I have no doubt that it would. But we didn’t lose our revolution while the South, well, you all did lose yours.”

We all lost that war. It was the beginning of the end of government “for the people, by the people and of the people”.

Oh, and the Revolution was ours too. Unless you’re going to tell my ancestors that fought in it that they were fighting for the North.

66 posted on 05/24/2007 6:46:04 AM PDT by FredHunter08 (Guiliani! Come and Take Them!)
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To: Non-Sequitur
But we didn't lose our revolution

There was no we as far as Kansas was concerned, since it didn't exist. Your Kansans came from elsewhere, both north and south, and was quite the tumultuous place in that era, moreso than many states. So, don't go wrapping yourself in the Revolution, as if it were uniquely yours. That war was won in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. I know it's hard for you, but try to remember that.

71 posted on 05/24/2007 6:48:39 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Non-Sequitur; FredHunter08
I have no doubt that it would. But we didn't lose our revolution while the South, well, you all did lose yours.

A little history reading on your part, Non, might help you. The south didn't revolt, they seceded from the Union legally as allowed by the US constitution. The North started the war because they didn't want the south to secede,legal or not. If the north had left the south alone there would have been no war and we would now be split into two nations, perhaps not a good thing but it would have been legally done. The north used force of arms to coerce the south to rejoin the Union. To this day the states have the right to break away from the Union if they wish.

326 posted on 05/24/2007 8:58:49 AM PDT by calex59
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