we have something in this country called "rule of law" (as opposed to your country where you let foreign nations kidnap your citizens because they say things that offend the german government). states are sovereign entities here that enter into a voluntary union with other states. the traditional understanding is that these states can leave the union just as they entered it.
a young man joins a gang and then realizes that the gang is not really the best course of action. so he leaves the gangs, only to be hunted down and murdered by other members for leaving. when we hear a story like this, we recoil in horror at this behavior as it violates so many of our ideals regarding law and morality. it is barbarism and it is unacceptable. yet, when a president engages in such a deranged murderous orgy on a large scale, we declare him a national hero rather than denounce him as the sick rogue he is. On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Hendrik & Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > OK lets look at Lincoln, it's been a while since I studied the civil war > but to simplify it, Lincoln had three choices, one appease the separatists > and let the south keep slavery in place, two let the union break apart (thus > the US would be split in two and may well have taken different sides in the > European civil wars, leading to all sorts of complication, perhaps even > delaying the American civil war until such a time when military technology > had progressed but tactics had not) or option three, stand up to the > separatists. > I don't what your thoughts are on what should have happened but I feel that > it was pretty much inevitable that there was going to be a war, whether over > slavery or other issues. Lincoln knew this and figured on the balance of > things it is better to take a stand in the beginning, rather than slowly > retreat on issues until such time that further retreat is not an option. > > Hendrik > > Gary Hurst wrote: > >> yeah, dubya has to join the rogues gallery as well . roosevelt was just >> crippled in body and spirit. lincoln seemed organically brain damaged as >> well. dubya? just THAT stupid and mean. >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
