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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:40 PM, WF Smith wrote:

> Gene wrote:
>
> > I'm glad I grew up in a place where the Civil War was simply a very
> > sad occurrence in our history. I'd not want to carry around the
> > negative baggage that some seem to do.
>
> And there we go again. Because you do not understand it, and because  
> we
> disagree with the revisionist presentation of the story, we  
> Southerners are
> carrying negative baggage.

Not nice. I said "seem." You said "are." I'm trying to be polite.