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Forum: Politics 12-23-2005, 06:24 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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I still don't buy that. How did what was federal property turn into state property merely because the South seceeded?

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Eminent domain. The Federal US...
Forum: Politics 12-23-2005, 06:22 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
Re: Civil War arguments

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I still don't buy that. How did what was federal property turn into state property merely because the South seceeded?

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Eminent domain. The Federal US government may have...
Forum: Politics 12-23-2005, 01:17 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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No. Government *REQUIRES* the use of (unprovoked) force.

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Why do governments require the use of force?

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Forum: Politics 12-23-2005, 12:18 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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Why wait until secession then?

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A large part of the reason the South seceded when it did was that the North was blocking expasnion of slavery into new western...
Forum: Politics 12-23-2005, 12:06 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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I didn't say that people want force used on them, but that people will use force against others out of necessity. I would contend that human nature is the same as every other animal and...
Forum: Politics 12-22-2005, 11:48 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
Re: Athenian Democracy circa Pericles\' time

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It's kind of amazing that this is the argument for how things "should" be... I'm pretty sure that this is how things are. By sticking around, ie, not emigrating, you are accepting the...
Forum: Politics 12-22-2005, 12:54 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
Re: Civil War arguments

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I never consensted to any law that prohibits me from killing, stealing, and raping random women. Perhaps I am not bound by those laws since I never signed a piece of paper where I agreed...
Forum: Politics 12-22-2005, 12:52 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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Sounds good to me. What if Thomas Jefferson had signed a piece of paper that said "In the year 2006, slickpoppa will pay pvn $3,000,000 per day" - do you think you should be...
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 10:55 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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Finally, if anyone believes that the South wasn't justified in their succession, just look at what happened. The southerners were bound by a contract (the Constitution) that...
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 01:01 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
Re: Civil War arguments

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...you probably don't give much respect to politicians trying to sway from impolitic decisions and trying to balance sometimes contradictory actions, words, and ideas because you think...
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 11:12 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
Re: Civil War arguments

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Why wait until secession then?

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And why did the Emancipation Proclaimation only apply to the areas of the South that were still in rebellion?
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 11:10 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
Re: Civil War arguments

Why wait until secession then?
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 10:47 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
Re: Civil War arguments

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I don't buy this trespassing argument regarding Fort Sumter. Like I said in the other thread, it's like declaring some spot you don't own yours and then calling the people who were on...
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 10:39 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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Obviously it was not the only reason, but it was sufficient. And yes it was worth it to end the practice of men enslaving other men and the children of those slaves.

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Was...
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 09:32 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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But it is also clear that there was a moral imperative to end slavery in which the North had also been complicit to some degree.

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OK, let's assume the only reason for the...
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 09:30 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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Technically yes, but that doesn't dissuade me from my point. Not to mention that the South drew first blood.

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The north *invaded* the south. Fort Sumter is in *south...
Forum: Politics 12-21-2005, 12:38 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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I would normally write a detailed answer, but after yesterday's hissy fit about governments, I am going to write a simple one.


Machineguns, bomber planes, and tanks give people the...
Forum: Politics 12-20-2005, 10:51 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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I can't believe so much sympathy is given to a group of rebels that chose to wage war on our country. Disgusting.

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Uh, the north waged war against the south.
Forum: Politics 12-20-2005, 10:51 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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I would also say that the North legally had the right to conquer the south after a secession, for the same reasons that the south could secede.

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Where does the right of...
Forum: Politics 12-20-2005, 05:15 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 2,985
Posted By tylerdurden
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I would have said even before reading the article (I"m no where near done) that the 10th Amendment clearly suggests that secession is not illegal. I've always thought that if it weren't...
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