[hirn_man]

'You know very well that New England had threatened to secede during the War of 1812, and failed to do so mainly because that war ended.

My mother threatened to kill me at least a hundred times when I was growing up. Does that make what Andrea Yates did to her kids legal?

I think not. You know very well that New England had threatened to secede during the War of 1812, and failed to do so mainly because that war ended.

[hirn_man]

Double cut n paste on that last reply at the bottom.

[labard1]

I can merely praise your mother's foresight and regret her forbearance.