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To: N.B.Forrest; Dog Gone
"Gold, notice also the base word of 'gold digger' and the phrase 'fool's gold', how appropriate."

As long as we're on the topic of deconstructing people's names, I wonder how many here realize that you've named your FR identity after the founder of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest?

"How appropriate?" indeed!

151 posted on 11/20/2001 2:17:00 PM PST by Don Joe
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To: Don Joe
Forrest was far more than the founder of the Klan, as I'm sure you're aware. I believe there is even a state holiday observed in Tennessee on his birthday.
152 posted on 11/20/2001 2:29:37 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Don Joe
In the interest of historical truth, it is important to distinguish between the Klan of the late 1860's - an absolute necessity for the protection of Southerners from the brutality of reconstruction that was directed against them - and the Klan of the 1920's.
154 posted on 11/20/2001 2:40:22 PM PST by Aurelius
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