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Originally Posted by The Monkey
How is saving the union in itself something positive? What is intrinsically bad about there being two Americas?
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I was going to explain but it would be a waste...
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Originally Posted by The Monkey
...Never before has the fact that the victors write history been more evident than in the case of the American Civil War. Lincoln was an *******, as was Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Franklin. I really don't see why Americans feel that they have to idolize these people, they were all hypocrites.
To return to the original topic, probably Oscar Wilde, Hitler and Napoleon. Wilde for being generally awesome, and Hitler and Napoleon because they had an exceptionally large influence on the history of Europe, and to hear their first-hand accounts would be gold.
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...because there is a certain ridiculous irony to that whole post, Lincoln, Franklin are ... and Hitler in heaven ... I'm speechless
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Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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