From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 12:03:50 MDT
MW>> Nonetheless, to me one of the greatest things about americans is
MW>> that they don't maintain hatreds for very long. If only the rest
MW>> of the world was as forgiving.
DS> I view it as the good side of our having a rather limited sense of
DS> history. Can't hate if you can't be bothered to remember why.
DS> Of course it probably helps that we haven't really even had any
DS> wars on or near our soil, let alone lost any, except for the
DS> Civil War. (And Southerners seem to have a stronger sense of
DS> history than other Americans.)
Southerners today have pretty much forgotten the War of Northern
Agression, too. Even though there are still plenty of old folks
who will turn pale at the mention of the name "Sherman", the
majority of the population is younger and pretty much accepts that
ending slavery was a reasonable justification, and they generally
all consider themselves part of "The United States" now.
After all, there are more important things to fight now, like
those Godless evolutionists trying to pollute the minds of our
schoolchildren. :-)
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