Virgil
7/17/2012 6:11:00 AM
In article
<Jason-1607122235410001@67-150-125-126.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com>,
Jason@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
> In article <8eb9081kpk6284rs5pngn3c5gi8u53ji61@4ax.com>, Free Lunch
> <lunch@nofreelunch.us> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:40:38 -0700, Jason@nospam.com (Jason) wrote in
> > alt.atheism:
> >
> > >In article <447908pvd1nb90p8dtpe8eav3bf6ahua7s@4ax.com>, Free Lunch
> > ><lunch@nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:45:30 -0700, Jason@nospam.com (Jason) wrote in
> > >> alt.atheism:
> > >>
> > >> >In article <virgil-4499EB.14373116072012@bignews.usenetmonster.com>,
> > >> >Virgil <virgil@ligriv.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> In article
> > >> >> <Jason-1607121305170001@67-150-175-200.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com>,
> > >> >> Jason@nospam.com (Jason) wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > It was a secondary reason--the main reason for the WAR OF NORTHERN
> > >> >> > AGGRESSION was STATES RIGHTS.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> You mean the war started by Fort Sumpter firing on Charleston?
> > >> >
> > >> >That fort was no longer located in the United States. It should have
> > >> >been
> > >> >closed down after South Carolina succeeded from the United States.
> > >> >Lincoln
> > >> >should have closed it down. Keeping it in operation was a provacation.
> > >> >
> > >> >It would be like Obama building a military base in Iran--of course it
> > >> >would be attacked.
> > >> >
> > >> You keep repeating the lies of those who hate the United States. This
> > >> was an American fort in a place that was engaged in criminal
> > >> insurrection.
> > >
> > >The leaders of South Carolina told Lincoln to shut it down. Lincoln
> > >refused.
> >
> > The leaders of South Carolina were like kidnappers or hostage takers.
> > Honorable men do not kow-tow to such behavior. Honorable men do not make
> > excuses for the crimes of the slave owners.
>
> States rights was a very important issue in those days.
The south, and slavery, very properly lost.
Live with it!
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