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Happy birthday, John Herring...
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:23:17 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 4/19/16 2:53 PM, wrote: It is ironic that the university culture is supposed to promote free thinking and looking at alternate ideas but you folks are the most conformist people in our society. I just tossed out an idea that there may have been a better solution than a war that killed 2 % of the population, destroyed the economy and caused a divisiveness that has not really waned and your answer is " nope war is the only answer". I guess Cheney went to the same college system as you. Actually, universities promote "critical thinking." As a "freethinker," you should know it is dangerous to come to conclusions based upon insufficient evidence. Critical thinking requires more discipline. Nobody here has given me much more than "that is the way it happened" for a reason why a more peaceful solution could not have been achieved. That sounds a lot like our recent (last 50 years) failed policies when it comes to wars. If the union had lifted the blockade of Charleston, an act of war, and tried for other economic sanctions, they could have made a big dent in the economy of the south in a year. It may have had them seriously thinking about growing "slave free" cotton before 1865. At the end of the day, slavery was popular because it was economically advantageous but, compared to prevailing wages, it wasn't that advantageous. If you hurt the cotton farmers in the marketplace, they would be more willing to change. Maybe I am just looking for 20th century solutions to 19th century problems but you are trying to put 21st century morality on them. |
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