[billbears]

And refusing to actually PAY for the property makes the South equivalent to common thieves

Well heck, I consider my ancestors in good company considering the British probably felt that the colonies on the North American continent didn't pay their fair amount for the forts the British built in the previous century after the 13 separate and sovereign states seceded from the British Empire

[Poohbah]

Oh, so you're either saying that the American Revolution was a legal act of secession from the British Empire, or you're saying that the Civil War was an attempted revolution by the Confederate states without legal basis.

Here's a friendly hint: PICK ONE VERSION AND STICK WITH IT.

[Non-Sequitur]

Well heck, I consider my ancestors in good company considering the British probably felt that the colonies on the North American continent didn't pay their fair amount for the forts the British built in the previous century after the 13 separate and sovereign states seceded from the British Empire.

The difference being that the fate of those forts was negotiated in the Treaty of Paris, not appropriated out of hand.