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Poll: Who should have won?  [closed]
North:  78%
(7 Votes)
South:  22%
(2 Votes)
Total Votes: 9

I'm not being political or inciting flamewars, I am simply honestly interested in your opinion.

  • 02.10.2005 8:34 PM PDT

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did this get blocked cause i cant vote, maybe i get the last say, nah my computer probably jacked with

  • 02.10.2005 8:37 PM PDT

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But this is political and you know it. Whether or not you intend it to become a flame war it still has that potential, which is why politics are banned in any form.

  • 02.10.2005 8:37 PM PDT
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Yeah... He has a point...

  • 02.10.2005 8:38 PM PDT
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North: For the equality of mankind. However, I'd be lying to you if I didn't say how much the founding fathers must be turning over in their graves at society's ridiculous notion of upholding equality.

  • 02.10.2005 8:39 PM PDT

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Two political threads in one day Ben? Do you want to be banned, or something?

  • 02.10.2005 8:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: un gato
But this is political and you know it. Whether or not you intend it to become a flame war it still has that potential, which is why politics are banned in any form.


Not really political, since I am talking about the final outcome of a conflict, rather than the political motivations behind the conflict. For example, if I went on about why I think the south should have won, it would be political. As of now I do not feel that it is.

  • 02.10.2005 8:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: Texas Ben
Posted by: un gato
But this is political and you know it. Whether or not you intend it to become a flame war it still has that potential, which is why politics are banned in any form.


Not really political, since I am talking about the final outcome of a conflict, rather than the political motivations behind the conflict. For example, if I went on about why I think the south should have won, it would be political. As of now I do not feel that it is.

You should have said "No one post in reply to this" then, because you know people will say why they chose what they did.

  • 02.10.2005 8:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Kingcream
North: For the equality of mankind.

Civil war was not about slavery or equality.

  • 02.10.2005 8:43 PM PDT
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There is not a trace of politics in this. We are discussing a war...... it amazes me how quickly members resort to that ridiculous rule.

  • 02.10.2005 8:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: Kingcream
There is not a trace of politics in this. We are discussing a war...... it amazes me how quickly members resort to that ridiculous rule.

It still holds potential for a flamewar. You'd be amazed what people will argue about nowadays.

  • 02.10.2005 8:44 PM PDT

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This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

Posted by: Kingcream
There is not a trace of politics in this. We are discussing a war...... it amazes me how quickly members resort to that ridiculous rule.

So there were no underlying political causes behind the war? Boy, was I wrong!

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The civil war was all about slavery and equality. Perhaps you are thinking of the revolutionary war, between America and Britain.

[Edited on 2/10/2005 8:47:37 PM]

  • 02.10.2005 8:46 PM PDT

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Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

Posted by: Kingcream
The civil war was all about slavery and equality. Perhaps you are thinking of the revolutionary war, between America and Britain.

There were two sides fighting over their ideals. Part of that involved a dispute over the presidency.

I don't think that this will start a flame war, but it is against the rules regardless.

  • 02.10.2005 8:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: Kingcream
The civil war was all about slavery and equality. Perhaps you are thinking of the revolutionary war, between America and Britain.


"If I could save the union without freeing any slaves, I would do it. If I could save the union while freeing all the slaves, I would do it. If I could save the union by freeing half the slaves and keeping half in bondage, I would do it"

-- Quote from Abraham Lincoln

Slavery actually played only a small part in the civil war.

  • 02.10.2005 8:55 PM PDT
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Invisyo!

  • 02.10.2005 8:59 PM PDT
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'The Civil War was caused by a myriad of conflicting pressures, principles, and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences and pride, and set into motion by a most unlikely set of political events.

At the root of all of the problems was the institution of slavery, which had been introduced into North America in early colonial times. The American Revolution had been fought to validate the idea that all men were created equal, yet slavery was legal in all of the thirteen colonies throughout the revolutionary period. Although it was largely gone from the northern states by 1787, it was still enshrined in the new Constitution of the United States, not only at the behest of the Southern ones, but also with the approval of many of the Northern delegates who saw that there was still much money to be made in the slave trade by the Yankee shipping industry. Eventually its existence came to color every aspect of American life.'



This excerpt taken from http://www.swcivilwar.com/cw_causes.html


[Edited on 2/10/2005 9:02:00 PM]

  • 02.10.2005 9:01 PM PDT
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Kingcream... don't make this political... we're talking about the outcome of the war, not what caused it.

  • 02.10.2005 9:04 PM PDT
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My utmost and humble apologies. *Case closed Ben*

  • 02.10.2005 9:09 PM PDT