How on earth did we get so far away from the subject of the original post? Instead of arguing over the causes of the war we should be coming together to figure how we can combat such stupidity as the two Alabama senators have proposed, and the sterilization of history or the attack on one culture. Wonder if they would make such an attack if the essay was to be about Grant, Sherman, Lincoln, or you know the other fellow from the 1960s. How stupid we are!!!!!

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