Re: Statue farce in the ex-colonies and sheer hypocrisy nonsense
Reply #16 –
So the poppycock that the Civil Wars was all about slavery is pathetic.
I'd ask you to read Jeff Davis' book, which he published after Lincoln decided not to hang him for treason…
But on a lighter note: There are now calls for removing Nelson's statue from Trafalgar Square!
You, RJ, later said: "Most of the young in the world in relation to 1861 will tell you it was all about slavery which is a load of tosh.
Of course, the President of the Confederacy didn't know as much as you! (You could also read -ahem! I know you will not and likely cannot- the Confederate Constitution…
You're not as old as you pretend, RJ; you're just an ignorant, prejudiced individual who refuses to learn.
As you said:Could it be worse if a real democracy??
Yes: We could become Howie's Scotland!
The main cause of our civil war was the issue of slavery. The "corporates" that you usually decry were the ten-percent of the Southern Aristocracy (and their British enablers, who didn't want to have to deal with New England's industrial prowess… ); and they plunged our nation into war, for their own benefit.
A pure democracy knows no morality. It at best accepts plurality.
BTW: I'm opposed to removing Nelson's statue: Without his revamping of the British navy, GB's interdiction of the slave trade would have been impossible!
He likely didn't intend that. But I'm a conservative: Consequences matter more than intentions…