Subj : Re: WWIII To : Roy Witt From : Bill McGarrity Date : Sun Aug 17 2014 17:23:00 -=> On 08-17-14 12:19, Roy Witt wrote to Bill McGarrity <=- 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. BM> Last I heard it was Yankees: 1 the South: 0 RW> Ask yourself, how many more Yanks died than Rebels? RW> Dead Yanks 596,670: South 490,309 RW> Served: Yanks 1,532,278, South 591,810 i.e. a little under 3:1 RW> Eligible, but ran off to Canada: Yanks: 2,430,294, South: none All your #'s can be compared to the game of baseball where one pitcher gives up 15 hits in a game yet still walks away with the victory. It's the final score that counts. RW> Even with close to total conscription, the South could not match the RW> North's numerical strength. Southerners also stood a significantly RW> greater chance of being killed, wounded, or captured, especially if RW> they were old men, women and teenage civilians. Shit happens... RW>> PS - The Civil War wasn't about slavery...but it sure turned out to RW>> be a crutch for y'all. BM> Don't you mean "totally" about slavery? ay withRW> Get yer historicathe l facts straight: The Northern and Southern sections RW> of the United States developed along different lines. The South RW> remained a predominantly agrarian economy while the North became more RW> and more industrialized. Different social cultures and political RW> beliefs developed. RW> All of this led to disagreements on issues such as taxes, tariffs and RW> internal improvements as well as states rights versus federal rights. RW> Slavery was an excuse to make war by the Yanks 'after the war RW> started'... BM> The basis behind all southern contention was how the slave trade BM> centered around states rights, economic freedoms and slavery itself. RW> Wrong, see above. Did I not explain all that in my original post (the one where you edited out the economic reasoning). You play the game like FauxEntertainment... edit the shit out of a story to make them seem intelligent. BM> Slavery. Now unless you feel men can be owned by another, this is BM> fairly self explainatory. RW> Moron. So you own slaves Roy? BM> The good old boys RW> aka Democrats, no Southerun Democrats, who are now against all that RW> preaching they did back then. And the baton was passed to the southern Republicans of today. Actually, ALL republicans fit that image. Bill Telnet: bbs.tequilamockingbirdonline.net Web: bbs.tequilamockingbirdonline.net IRC: irc.tequilamockingbirdonline.net Ports: 6661-6670 SSL: +6697 Radio: radio.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:8010/live .... Look Twice, Save a Life... Motorcycles are EVERYWHERE!! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.50 --- SBBSecho 2.27-Win32 * Origin: TequilaMockingbird Online - Toms River, NJ (1:266/404) .