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Originally Posted by ithacaartist
From the standpoint of The United States of America, it was an armed rebellion. I guess it's a matter of perspective. Some jibber-jabber about "States' rights," but the seceded states only cared about one "right," which was the ability to legally own other human beings as property. Understandable, perhaps, since the cheap labor was the cornerstone of their economy at the time. Let's just be glad that our society is more moral than that now.
No need for an apology, Patrice. When a nation is divided into factions that kill each other over who's going to control its destiny, that's the essence of a civil war. That the two factions occupied separate, relatively well-defined geographic areas is moot.
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I cannot agree with all you wrote, you assume too much; and hindsight is always 20/20.
This one of those areas that probably should fall under the
"no political discussion" subject ban of this forum.
Such discussion serves only to dredge up old animosities and differences of opinion.
JMHO.
