-=> On 08-15-14 13:02, Roy Witt wrote to BOB KLAHN <=-


 LL>> Should a country kill thousands of own people for their
 LL>> desire to live separately?

 LL>> Case in point: The US Civil War 1861-1865

 BK>  The better question would be, should a country not kill thousand
 BK>  of their own people as the price for freeing millions from
 BK>  slavery?

 RW> As long as they're Yankees, no.

Last I heard it was Yankees: 1 the South: 0

 RW> PS - The Civil War wasn't about slavery...but it sure turned out to be
 RW> a crutch for y'all.

Don't you mean "totally" about slavery?  The basis behind all southern
contention was how the slave trade centered around states rights, economic
freedoms and slavery itself. 

Economically, the south relied on slave labor for econonic success. Crops were
sold to England and the returning ships brought back cheap manufactured goods
produced in Europe. Northern factories were producing many of the same goods
thus import duties were passed to help keep the $ in the US. These taxes pissed
off the southerns. Guess they couldn't afford new slaves.

States rights.. as with today's southern mentality, they felt they had no
obligation to follow the rules as spelled out in the Constitution. Silly
boys... not everyone thought slavery and secession was a suitable alternative
to the American way of life. I would make one acception to that secession
caveat though.

Slavery.  Now unless you feel men can be owned by another, this is fairly self
explainatory. The good old boys felt as if their "way of life" was being
attacked. Hell, we let them have their kool-aid.... what else did they want. 

Funny how all three are dependent on one common thread... slavery.  I guess the
south's crutch on slavery to remain "proper gentlemen" hit a speed bump.

  



 
Bill

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