[Vision2020] Fwd: White House Petition asking Obama not to send a wreath to the Arlington Confederate Monument

[Art Deco]

Some people in the South are still fighting the Civil War in their various
ways.

w.


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, brothers fought against each other during the Civil War. That is
> well known. However, most brothers didn't. Most brothers -- most
> combatants, then and now -- choose their battles based on geographic and
> familial propinquity.
>
> By the way, bibliophiles don't need to be advised to read books.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
>> FYI, Chasuk . . .
>>
>> Familial brothers fought against each other during the Civil War.  People
>> were NOT committed to any particular cause based simply and solely on their
>> geographical location.
>>
>> The CSA (Confederate States of America) attempted to secede from the
>> union, for several reasons ("slavery" being one of them).  This took time
>> and ultimately promulgated the Civil War.
>>
>> Read a book.
>>
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares"
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>
>> - John Lennon
>>
>>
>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's a little early to prove Godwin's Law, don't you think?
>>
>> Confederate soldiers were young men who woke up one morning as the enemy.
>> They did nothing that their countrymen to the north would not have done had
>> those countrymen been born in the south.
>>
>> The government of the antebellum south no longer exists, so there is
>> nothing that you can do, nor have ever been able to do, to support it. But
>> supporting erstwhile antebellum governments is not the point. The point is
>> showing compassion. I feel compassion for our soldiers today who serve
>> in Afghanistan, while not necessarily supporting
>> our government's decision to put them there. In my estimation, victors and
>> vanquished alike deserve compassion. In this case, the vanquished were our
>> fellows, born on the wrong side of an arbitrary line.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In that case, Chasuk, perhaps you should petition the White House to
>>> erect monuments to those Japanese airmen that bombed Pearl Harbor and the
>>> Nazis that interred and killed six million Jews.
>>>
>>> I do not, and I NEVER will, support the government of the antebellum
>>> south.
>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>>
>>> "Moscow Cares"
>>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
>>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
>>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
>>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>>
>>> - John Lennon
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I disagree with the intent of this petition. Confederate soldiers died
>>> with as much honor -- and as much heroism, if such a thing exists -- as
>>> their Yankee counterparts.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 2:00 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Visionaires (et al) -
>>>>
>>>> I encourage you to visit and sign the petition linked below.
>>>>
>>>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>>>
>>>> "Moscow Cares"
>>>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>>>
>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>> *Date:* January 11, 2013, 8:47:30 AM PST
>>>> *To:* <thansen at moscow.com>
>>>> *Subject:* *White House Petition asking Obama not to send a wreath to
>>>> the Arlington Confederate Monument*
>>>>
>>>> Tom,
>>>>    At this URL is a petition asking Obama not to send a wreath to the
>>>> Arlington Confederate Monument.
>>>>
>>>> http://wh.gov/PLBU
>>>>
>>>> If you could sign it and let people know about it I would greatly
>>>> appreciate
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ed Sebesta
>>>>
>>>> http://arlingtonconfederatemonument.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>>>
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