i am sorry if you think i trivialized history. i love history.

i thought i did make some points of my own, but i see we dont agree on them. and i dont think i did make the argument about him.

i think his points were very inflamatory and i didnt want to respond to them individually because i didnt think it was possible to do so with out getting into a knock down drag out thing.

it was a bad time for both sides. worse for the south. as noted in my first post.

now with the universality of ac people can locate industry anywhere and the south has a great abundance of employment opportunities that never existed before. a good thing for the south and for the country.

there are some pesky beliefs and attitudes that still cause difficulties though.

just my personal observations. others have different experiences and different conclusions.

tom w

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