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To: SecularBull who wrote (119781)12/27/2000 10:38:02 PM
From: WTSherman  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 769667
 
<I told Carolyn I'd move back to a relevant topic, so I may just let this be my last word. <

LoF, what could be more relevant than a discussion about morality and politics? You know, what we're really talking about here is whether or not there is such a thing as an absolute morality or simply relative morality. From what I've read on this thread in the past, I would say that most people on here believe there is such a thing as absolute morality. If so, then there really is no excusing the conduct of people "born into a system".

Lastly, remember those that ignore history are condemned to repeat it(or something very close to that). That alone makes such discussions worthwhile, no?



To: SecularBull who wrote (119781)12/28/2000 12:47:55 AM
From: Mr. Whist  Respond to of 769667
 
Re: "I would suspect that a vast majority of the Southerners supported secession":

Not true. Articles of secession passed state legislatures in Virginia, North Carolina, even Arkansas, by close votes. In Kentucky, a slave state, two men wore blue for every one that wore gray. The northwesternmost county in Georgia, not far from where the battle of Chickamauga was fought, refused to secede with the rest of the state.