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Re: One way or the other, not both

Keith I agree with you and David also. I do not see burying Shaw with his men to be an insult. I do wonder however if the folks who buried him DID see it as an insult at the time. The statement was made by a forum member with southern sympathies that these men were thought of as criminals. Another forum member has now posted the law that deems them as criminals. If they were nothing but criminals in the eyes of the burying party then that tells us something today about the mindset of the men who did the burying. If politics came into play AFTER the burial, as mentioned above, I am asking what politics came into play BEFORE the burial.

My question is, what did these burial parties intend by their actions? Were they sending a message? In THEIR eyes were they burying criminals deserving dishonor, soldiers deserving of honor, or nothing but animal flesh deserving nothing but dirt to cover them simply because of the smell and the flies?

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Thank You Bryan *NM*
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AMEN *NM*
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GO LINDA !!! *NM*
Amen Linda Amen!!!! *NM*
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