-=> 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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