[muawiyah]

I was merely pointing to an apparant inaccuracy in the number of wardead on the Union side, and who they might have been.

You guys seem to want to discuss raparations.

I think we'd be ahead of things discussing how the Mob has infiltrated every nook and cranny of government and business in the State of Rhode Island, and why that would be a good reason to disestablish them as a state once and for all.

Why does this sort of thing always have to be about the South anyway?

[samtheman]

I don't "want to discuss reparations". I want to REFUTE it. Certain segments of the African American population keep bringing it up. I think it's important that we always knock it right back down. I don't really think "reparations" is going anywhere. Although I hear there is an attempt to broaden the support-base by including Mexican Americans as "victims of colonization" and Asian Americans for some othe reason (forget the details).

The bottom line is: if you're of European decent (even if your great grandpa was a soldier in the Union Army), you gotta pay!