Re: OT: Why People Are Not Free? (rant)

From: Paul Burke (paul_at_scazon.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:11:46 +0000

Rich The Newsgropup Wacko wrote:
> "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people
> to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,
> and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal
> station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a
> decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should
> declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

Seems plain enough to me. I suppose the Rebs' downfall was that they
didn't explain their reasons for secession clearly enough, or that God
didn't think they were entitled to it. That and all the heavy industry
being in the north.

Paul Burke

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