russia/ georgia

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Yes, I'd call the Civil War a huge mistake. Other countries were able to phase out slavery without getting over 600,000 people killed.

So slavery should have been "phased out?" So, essentially, slavery should have been tolerated?

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

As to secession, does a battered wife not have the right to 'secede' from an abusive husband? Do you have a problem with declaring independence from an abusive government? In colonial times, you'd have been a Tory I suppose, right?

A battered wife? Really? I find it interesting that you say that slavery should have been tolerated and eventually phased out, and then say that the "Northern Government" was oppressive. My brain hurts.