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Poll Question: Union or Confederacy?
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    Posted: 19-May-2012 at 05:40
It is more honorable to defend your homelands from an invasion sent by a Tyrant, than to invade your neighbor because you got suckered by said Tyrant.
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Posts: 10226 		  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-May-2012 at 14:06
Originally posted by Scamp

It is more honorable to defend your homelands from an invasion sent by a Tyrant, than to invade your neighbor because you got suckered by said Tyrant.
 
So what has this got to do with the Civil War?
 
BTW- Things got boring at the other forum?
 
 
 
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Posts: 1962 		  Quote Cryptic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-May-2012 at 20:06

I was born in Baltimore, Maryland, a pro confederate city in a union majority state.    I would be  pro union and would support Maryland remaining in the union.  I would also not support the use of force against those states wishing to leave (as sesession was not illegal).

If forced to actively support one side or the other,  I would probably have supported the confederacy as I would not want to participate in an invasion / occupation of what were then considered to be sovereign states.  


Edited by Cryptic - 19-May-2012 at 22:28
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Posts: 23 		  Quote Zeeboe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20-May-2012 at 08:33
Originally posted by Scamp

It is more honorable to defend your homelands from an invasion sent by a Tyrant, than to invade your neighbor because you got suckered by said Tyrant.
 
I bet Al Qaeda and the Viet Cong would agree with you.
 
Having typed that - I think it is very honorable to go into a war to save your country and democracy, which is exactly what the United States troops were doing in the 1860's.
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