"Strongly held religious or moral beliefs motivated three of the four conflicts which caused the war. William L. Ayers names these as 1) a struggle over a hypothetical railroad, 2) a novel written by an obscure woman, 3) an act of symbolic terrorism, 4) a media war over a distant territory (What Caused the Civil War: Relections on the South and Southern History, p. 139)."

Alan, is this the same William Ayers who is sorry he did not plant more bombs, and is currently a college professor in Chicago? If so, I don't think I would place much credence in his opinion of the South and our beliefs. If it is not him, please enlighten us. Stan