[central_va]

But secession itself is the coward's way out.

The only cowards are the Free Republic neo blue bellies that make Nazi's look like open minded liberals.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Like I said, you just don't have the stomach for the hard work of convincing enough of the American people to amend the Constitution to your satisfaction. It was true in 1861 and it's true today.

Tell you what, why don't you run for office on a platform of secession and see how far you get.

[BroJoeK]

central_va: "The only cowards are the Free Republic neo blue bellies that make Nazi's look like open minded liberals."

For anyone curious: I did a word search, and on this thread, the word in bold-underline above has been posted twice, and once quoted from previous posting.
All appearances of "that word" originated from central_va.

Please note, my reluctance to repeat "that word" here is due to the commonly held belief that people who use it thereby acknowledge they've lost the argument.

Of course, possibly I "goaded" central_va by mentioning Germans in both World Wars, but am pretty sure that even central_va would admit: "Germans" no more equated to "that word" than, oh, say, "Southerners" equated to slave-holders, right?

;-)