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Re: wild west creations
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:35:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ben Roller writes:
> redneck. I wasn't trying to be negative, but BTW I don't think you have to
> support the Confederacy to be a Southerner.
For what it's worth, you also don't have to be a Southerner to support the
Confederacy. I, for instance, support the right of states to secede from the
union. And believe that Lincoln's government violated the spirit and the
letter of the constitution, and sent hundreds of thousands of people to their
deaths to satisfy his pride and secure him a place in history.
Chris
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| (...) Indeed. John Brown would have brought down slavery at a much lower cost in human life, I think, had he been allowed to do so (and had he made some wiser choices about how to go about procuring arms). With the benefit of not having trampled (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I was joking, but I don't think it would be a bad sub-theme. (...) and to some people the Confederate flag is a thing of pride. That's why they hang it in their front yards, and I doubt that there are any people (not to mention minifigs) that (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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