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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 02:46 AM Original message |
I saw the worst humans have to offer today. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Civil wars leave deep scars |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I find it amusing that we mock centuries-long ethnic tensions in other countries.... |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I'm a different ethnic group than you? Really? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Really? People who re-enact 145 year old wars are barely human. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. What about |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 04:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. You have no clue what you're talking about n/t |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. So I guess folks in Europe |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. That's not fair, those people are just history buffs. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. As a re-enactor (medieval) and wife of a re-enactor (US Civil War and medieval) |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. You history reenactors are AWESOME! |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Thanks. It's great fun. My husband and I actually met |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
53. I agree |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. Patriotism |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 05:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Sometimes supporting your country means |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. ......sigh....... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. So whatcha doin' in Texas? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. If that Federal General was Twiggs |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. this Texan certainly isn't proud, that's for damn sure. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Robert E. Lee was an honorable man. |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. we were spoon fed his bio all through high school, thanks. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. To be fair, I suspect Auschwitz may have been worse. nt |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Really. If a civil war reenactment is the worst you've seen you're in for |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
54. it wasn't the re-enactment |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You're new here, I suggest that you read the rules |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. This isn't a matter of history bub, it is a matter of common courtesy |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Again, read the rules, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Look bub, I'm just trying to clue you in to the rules around here and how things work |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Oops, too late, buh-bye, good riddance, thanks for playing. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. Maybe you should check out Rwanda if you really think this is the worst |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. Try thinking of the Union as a club, not a street gang |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Funny, that sounds like the same thing the Confederacy tried to say |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. perhaps the COnfederacy had a point.. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Except the Constitution does not grant states the right to secede |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. I thought that the constitution allowed for overthrowing the government |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Can you quote that provision of the Constitution? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. It doesn't say that |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. I thought Texas did hold on to the right to secede.. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. dude you need to get out more, or crack open some history books... |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. "an island of decency among a sea of ignorance" Gotta remember that one. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sure, that's stupid, but it's hardly "the worst". |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. That is nothing. Watch this: |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. War reenactments are sheer stupidity to begin with. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. yeah because people should never honour what their forefathers fought and died for |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Honor WHAT they died for. Not how they did it. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. you do realise that there is honour also in the means, to stand and hold a line |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. If one is a fan of warfare, yes. I, however, am not. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. You never fail to crack me up. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. My Mom worked for Ft Concho Museum.They were proud to sponsor the Buffalo Soldiers |
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jobwithout (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. Thats the worst you have seen? |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:47 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. I watched |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. Stupid doesn't always mean evil. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. War isn't "evil". It is more of an "epic fail" |
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