----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 10:38 PM Subject: Re: Pledge of Allegence
> At 10:26 PM 3/6/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> At 09:38 PM 3/6/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: > >> >There are a number of Texans who make a big deal out of Texas > >having > >> >been a sovereign nation before it was a state, and maybe this > >pledge > >> >thing fits in with that mindset. > >> > >> I suspect that this thing has as much to do with "Lost Cause > >Confederacy" > >> as anything else. > > > >Absolutely not! > >Thats a completely different issue and one that has less strength in > >Texas than elsewhere. > > Gautam and Dan are the "Lost Cause" experts, but to the extent that I have > encountered the modern incarnation of "Lost Cause Theory" it has been based > on the idea that each States retains its individual sovereignty, and indeed > should and aught to have the right to secede from the Union at any time. > Again, in many ways similar to envisioning the United States as being more > similar to The European Union than as a proper "country." It seems to > me that a pledge to the State of Texas of designed to reinforce the notion > that Texas remains a sovereign entity, that should and aught to have had > the right to secede whenever it wanted, and that it is analogous to the UK > within the European Union. > I figure you missed the point of my previous message. Texas is the ***only*** nation to have become a state. It was never a territory or area that was previously claimed by the US. It was not conquered territory. It was a country. That is the root of Texas' prideful character. It has nothing to do with the Civil War. xponent Alamo Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
