Just like any REAL southerner knows that it wasn't the "Civil War" but
the "War of the Northern Aggressors". It wasn't about slavery, but
about how wealthy we were down here, because of the multitude of goods
we could provide due to our better climate. I learned this in school,
so it must be true.
On 2/15/07, b-evans@earthlink.net <b-evans@earthlink.net> wrote:
> As far as books in school, I beg to differ. Those books represent the
> truth as known to the authors. Textbooks change over time, not because the
> events changed, but because the interpretations change. "Right and just"?
> That is all in the eye of the beholder. Some believe there was a revolution
> in America in the 18th century. I don't, for what happened does not meet
> the definition of a "revolution". Oh, there was a change that we call an
> American Revolution, but the English call it by its more rightful name, the
> War of American Independence. Two thirds of the American people at the time
> did not believe the event to be either "right" or "just".
>
> Buster
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