tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post2747877926360093912..comments2024-02-10T03:22:49.303-05:00Comments on Potpourri for $500: Oh What a GiveawayDave S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-31589473112095030752013-03-22T00:15:36.042-04:002013-03-22T00:15:36.042-04:00I have always thought the Civil War was about slav...I have always thought the Civil War was about slavery but that does not mean it was not about States Rights. Nonetheless, the ancient view of Republics was that they were often supported by slavery. This Republic was an amalgam of Locke and Aristotle. I don't think people who think the Constitution supports abortion have a lot of moral superiority over the Slave Power. It takes no moral vision to denounce the failings of the past. It does take some to denoucne those of the present. However, what about he curriculum of Minnessota and Wisconsin that make the Vikings the good guys? Surely Mr. Slattery has something to say about that? I for one have always been pissed off about it.<br /><br />jjvAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-73181933278225202192013-03-21T10:29:49.240-04:002013-03-21T10:29:49.240-04:00Nicely done, Dave. I particularly note that in the...Nicely done, Dave. I particularly note that in the additional, clarifying speech, among the less inflammatory but more on point statements:<br /><br />"Slavery was without doubt the occasion of secession"<br /><br />Once again, I say we take the traitors ... oh, excuse me, confederates ... at their word.JCCnoreply@blogger.com