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Post by neferetus on Nov 13, 2007 1:02:45 GMT -5
It's just like in the U.S. War Between The States. Though the population of the South was roughly nine million at the time, there were only around 30,000 big slave holders. And yet there are those who will argue to this day that the main issue of the war was slavery, when it was actually state's rights.
People will create their own agenda as it suits them and then run with it. Right, or wrong has nothing to do with it.
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 15, 2007 17:52:57 GMT -5
It's just like in the U.S. War Between The States. Though the population of the South was roughly nine million at the time, there were only around 30,000 big slave holders. And yet there are those who will argue to this day that the main issue of the war was slavery, when it was actually state's rights. People will create their own agenda as it suits them and then run with it. Right, or wrong has nothing to do with it. Don't get me started on the Civil War. I will have to side with the Confederacy. Afterall, us northerners came down there and tried to take charge and change there way of life, which they had for generations. Slavery was just a minor issue even though thats not what its made out to be today. If I could go back in time and interview every slaveholding southerner, I would bet every single one of them would agree that slavery would have died out within only a few decades. Just my two cents...
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Post by neferetus on Nov 25, 2007 23:37:12 GMT -5
Judging from the visit I paid to the State Capitol in Austin today with my brother and his wife, even the tour guides there have jumped upon the Nickelodeon bandwagon. As we stood with a crowd of toursists before the massive Henry McArdle canvas of the battle of the Alamo, our tour guide was explaining the history behind the painting. It seems that Santa Anna's outlawing of slavery caused the Texians to revolt. This, in turn caused Santa Anna to march into Texas to reinforce his anti-slavery mandate.
I couldn't believe my ears. Here was a representative of the State of Texas spewing this drivel. Incensed as I was, I somehow kept my tongue.
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 26, 2007 7:07:20 GMT -5
Judging from the visit I paid to the State Capitol in Austin today with my brother and his wife, even the tour guides there have jumped upon the Nickelodeon bandwagon. As we stood with a crowd of toursists before the massive Henry McArdle canvas of the battle of the Alamo, our tour guide was explaining the history behind the painting. It seems that Santa Anna's outlawing of slavery caused the Texians to revolt. This, in turn caused Santa Anna to march into Texas to reinforce his anti-slavery mandate. I couldn't believe my ears. Here was a representative of the State of Texas spewing this drivel. Incensed as I was, I somehow kept my tongue. Next time, give 'em hell!
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Post by RebAl on Nov 26, 2007 11:22:54 GMT -5
Judging from the visit I paid to the State Capitol in Austin today with my brother and his wife, even the tour guides there have jumped upon the Nickelodeon bandwagon. As we stood with a crowd of toursists before the massive Henry McArdle canvas of the battle of the Alamo, our tour guide was explaining the history behind the painting. It seems that Santa Anna's outlawing of slavery caused the Texians to revolt. This, in turn caused Santa Anna to march into Texas to reinforce his anti-slavery mandate. I couldn't believe my ears. Here was a representative of the State of Texas spewing this drivel. Incensed as I was, I somehow kept my tongue. Well it looks like the State of Texas must have sanctioned the representative to allow him to state these very misleading facts.
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Post by Cole_blooded on Nov 26, 2007 17:20:57 GMT -5
Its the " PC " garbage plain and simple, make the bad guys look good and the good guys look bad! Thats a bunch of s_it and "it" stinks to high heaven! They can take that PC and stick it in their...........ear! ;D Who was the tour guide ole Roger from the other forum? They have been chipping away at the South for many years and these last several years have been PC gone awry! Now some stores and big ones too are not using the word Christmas any more and that is just not right! TED COLE....aka....Cole_blooded
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Post by seguin on Nov 26, 2007 19:18:52 GMT -5
It´s amazing that an official tour guide can get away with simplifying the Texas war of independence like that. It should be common knowledge that slavery was but one small component - if a component at all! What happend to the abolishment of the 1824 constitution? The immigration ban of 1830? And the dictatorship itself with all it´s oppression?
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 26, 2007 19:52:49 GMT -5
It´s amazing that an official tour guide can get away with simplifying the Texas war of independence like that. It should be common knowledge that slavery was but one small component - if a component at all! What happend to the abolishment of the 1824 constitution? The immigration ban of 1830? And the dictatorship itself with all it´s oppression? Its ignorance of matters like that which annoy me so much...
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Post by seguin on Nov 26, 2007 20:54:20 GMT -5
It´s amazing that an official tour guide can get away with simplifying the Texas war of independence like that. It should be common knowledge that slavery was but one small component - if a component at all! What happend to the abolishment of the 1824 constitution? The immigration ban of 1830? And the dictatorship itself with all it´s oppression? Its ignorance of matters like that which annoy me so much... Yeah, me too! I guess fighting ignorance is a never-ending battle...
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