I am proud of the "Rebel Flag", not proud that there happened to be slavery around at the time, but if you want to get down to it, has anyone every thought how long slavery was around. How many slaves there were under the American Flag? Seems to me there were slaves under the american flag a lot longer than they were during the short lived Confederacy. I am not a racist, never claimed to be, never will. But, I will not sit around quietly and let someone try and arrange history so that no one is offended. Thats my heritage, everyone has heritage, and it is becoming a sad time that we are letting the goverment or whoever it may be dictate what I should be proud of. No one can help the fact that there was slavery, it happened and its over with. But heritage is a big issue with me and I think people should stand up a little more on their beleifs. I dont think you should leave the list over something like this, you spoke your mind on this issue and thats great. Everyone has an opinion. Steve Vick ----- Original Message ----- From: Horace B. Peele <hpeele@txdirect.net> To: <VICK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [VICK-L] Thinly Veiled Racism > > > The Confederate flag will always be a symbol of slavery and the > >post-Civil War segregationist policies to the majority of the free citizens > >of the United States. > > It is funny to me, I was raised in the South and I have never thought of > the Confederate Flag as anything than one of the "Six Flags over xxx" and > an historical artifact, a Piece of History. Slavery in America started > under the Bristish Flag as far back as 1620 and it was that way for the > first 155 years, so do we ask all of the British Embassies to remove their > flag from our country? The Confederate Flag had nothing to do with slavery. > It was the people at the time, the same ancestors that made this country > what it is from both points of view. Nothing more.. > > > > ___________________________________________________ > The Directory to all my sites at - http://www.horace.peele.com > Horace Peele, 12806 Chateau Forest, San Antonio, TX 78230 > _________________ô¿ô For More Peeles__________________ > Thank you, Horace. (Over 33,250 Descendents) >