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Colonel · 04-11-2005, 09:41 PM

Y'all need to lighten up and laugh a little.

BTW - What negative said is correct. I would argue, however, that slavery was not the only thing, nor the main thing, that polarized the country. A shift in the population (and therefore the number of congressman) towards the North allowed Northern politians to ram through legislation that put high import taxes on goods that the South needed from England etc. (other taxes that hurt the South were involved too.) Also the Federal government was becoming stronger and this didn't sit right with the Southern states, who leaned towards the States having more control.

But all of this is for another debate I guess. My original comment comes from a bumper stick that used to be popular in the South, prior to political correctness, when you could joke about taking exception to what was going on in Washington without being thought a traitor.

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Colonel is Offline Master Sergeant Posts: 1,789 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Marietta, GA	04-11-2005, 09:41 PM Y'all need to lighten up and laugh a little. BTW - What negative said is correct. I would argue, however, that slavery was not the only thing, nor the main thing, that polarized the country. A shift in the population (and therefore the number of congressman) towards the North allowed Northern politians to ram through legislation that put high import taxes on goods that the South needed from England etc. (other taxes that hurt the South were involved too.) Also the Federal government was becoming stronger and this didn't sit right with the Southern states, who leaned towards the States having more control. But all of this is for another debate I guess. My original comment comes from a bumper stick that used to be popular in the South, prior to political correctness, when you could joke about taking exception to what was going on in Washington without being thought a traitor.