Long live the South and the Rebel Flag .......forever. Bettie Moore (of the Vicks) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Good2news@aol.com> To: <VICK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 5:12 PM Subject: [VICK-L] Re: Vick Bunny trail no facts included. > Hello to all my Vick Kin. I know I have been silent for some time. (Very > Busy) However I have keep an eye on ya'll. (Grin) I enjoyed the letter from > Adela and the conversation concerning the flags. I would like to have some > discussion of the Civil War. I know everybody has there base belief about who > was right and who was wrong. After all we killed ourselves more in that war > than ever before. Also I don't intend to change anyone's mind, or refit the > war, what ever your poison. I was born in Brunswick Georgia and for the > obvious reasons I have been sympathetic to the South's cause all my life. > Mostly because of where I was born not because I studied or really tired to > understand the right and wrong of the war. If there is such a thing. Mostly I > believe whoever wins the war in question is the one that writes the History > Books and is declared right. Like my Dad use to always say as he spanked all > us kids, it takes two to fight, that made us both wrong. We were four boy's > and one girl and if we tired to cover something up, or if Dad was not sure > who did the dirty deed he spanked everybody there. This may sound bad but > lots of times this would encourage the one that did whatever it was to come > forward and confess knowing he was going to get it anyway, might as well cut > the rest loose. Oh boy am I glad because I was nicer than my older > brothers....(NOT) But we did have lots of fun. > Lets get back to the point here. I would like to here your opinions and > points of view on the Civil War. I wonder if like me your option has been > formed by your relationship or by what you learned about the Civil War and > why each side took the stance they did. The thing with OJ Simpson a few years > ago and watching the great difference in what people believed to be true > about the case has made me take a long look at my objectivity and > fair-mindedness. I wonder just how fair-minded I really am. Could I sit in a > jurors Poisson and be fair if the case was against my brother or somebody I > knew and loved or felt like we had command ground? WOW! How do we really > judge a matter? Are we as fair minded as we say we are? > One last thing, I don't want to turn this site into a Civil War site. I am > enjoying getting to know all my kin. I think a little discussion along this > line will better help us understand who we all are a little better. So get > your cup of coffee sit back and tell us what you think about the Civil War, > who was right and who was wrong and why. What if the South had won that War? > I have really enjoyed hearing the history of the Rebel Flag. Haven't you? > When our forefathers fought each other they both thought they were right. > They were all honorable men doing what they thought was the right thing at > the time. > > Your Honorable Cuz > > David in Florida > >