tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post117035680619844619..comments2023-10-31T06:25:46.016-04:00Comments on SLANTblog: Top Five Loony Losers for the GOPF.T. Reahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1170722525421685212007-02-05T19:42:00.000-05:002007-02-05T19:42:00.000-05:00I agree about the civil war and slavery--but will ...I agree about the civil war and slavery--but will add that one of the bad things about the civil war is that it sacralized "the union" and gave secession a bad name. The world would be better off at this point if sensible units in the US could get out, to allow good people to get on with solving local problems without the distractions of meglomaniacal invasions of distant countries, toadying up to Helliburton, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1170385631275133292007-02-01T22:07:00.000-05:002007-02-01T22:07:00.000-05:00Vivian, Thanks. Nice to hear from you. Dannyboy,Wi...Vivian, <BR/><BR/>Thanks. Nice to hear from you. <BR/><BR/>Dannyboy,<BR/><BR/>Without slavery there would not have been an American Civil War, as it happened. There would surely have been rough patches over states rights. There would have been plenty of trouble over any number of issues. But not the war that was.<BR/><BR/>Yet, when I hear Robert E. Lee called a traitor, I bristle. To me he was a tragic hero, as were so many Virginians. When their home state was invaded, they stood with their state, instead of the USA. That was a dilemma. Calling those who chose to serve their state “traitors” is shallow. <BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, that war was over money and power, like all wars are. In 1861 in Virginia, the money and power chose to defend slavery. The soldiers, like all good soldiers, did what they saw as their duty.F.T. Reahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1170374025040058072007-02-01T18:53:00.000-05:002007-02-01T18:53:00.000-05:00I disagree, and will continue to disagree, with yo...I disagree, and will continue to disagree, with your last one.Dan Geroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555090050263232053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1170369124326543952007-02-01T17:32:00.000-05:002007-02-01T17:32:00.000-05:00Very good list.Very good list.Vivian J. Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723928324727006584noreply@blogger.com