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To: combjelly who wrote (384003)	5/12/2008 11:14:18 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1574849

CJ, > There was no provision for secession. There obviously wasn't any when the colonies declared independence from Britain. Their justification had to be moral, as penned in the Declaration of Independence. Similar moral justifications were used in justifying secession by the Confederacy. Lincoln then made the Civil War not just about preserving the Union, but also freeing the slaves. I'm going way off on a tangent here, so I'll just get to the bottom line. When is it patriotic to criticize your government, and when is it patriotic to defend the federal union no matter what? It all depends on whether it's your ox that's being gored. Tenchusatsu