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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The reason I used the word "fitting" was because it was poetic justice that both sides would have to pay such a high price for violation of AR values.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The War Between the States was the unnecessary result to a) the lack of freedom for many in the South and b) the unwillingness of Abraham Lincoln to respect the autonomy of the South once it had seceded. Lincoln was one of the most paradoxical figures in history.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 10 years, 9 months ago
    Those who provide freedom for others,
    Haven’t got time for themselves. ~ Mimi
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ah, but sauce for the goose, Mr Saavik...

    The Union kept insisting that they *were* still Americans.

    Here's the sad truth, however; over 300,000 of the dead were U.S. soldiers. Many more U.S. citizens were killed, bringing the death toll on the Union side alone close to half a million...

    The civilian death toll on the Confederate side was undoubtedly much higher (but never properly measured, as I understand it).
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  • Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 9 months ago
    He was talking doublespeak long before 1984.
    Worst potus in history and the republic's biggest traitor and mass murderer.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, if you insist on declaring the southern states a separate country, then they couldn't have been "Americans."
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I would agree if you replace the word 'fitting' with the word 'unnecessary'.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago
    The War Between the States was the fitting result to a) the lack of freedom for many in the South and b) the unwillingness of Abraham Lincoln to respect the autonomy of the South once it had seceded. Lincoln was one of the most paradoxical figures in history.
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