alt.education

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:21:55 -0500, "Joe Irvin"
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>"Bob LeChevalier" wrote in message
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>> "Joe Irvin" wrote:
>>>> Erroneous in the minds of those who won. History (and morality) are
>>>> written by the winners, not by those who are "right".
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>>>The North won and they were 'right'.
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>> They are right BECAUSE they won. If the South had won, we can't be
>> sure that there would even be a "North" any more.
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>No North was right because slavery was wrong. They won and and slavery was
>abolished. The North was on the right/moral side of the issue. If the
>South had won slavery would still have been wrong whether they kept it or
>not. Bottom line slavey was wrong no matter who won the war.
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>>>Just because one side wins doesn't mean it was 'right'.
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>> Of course it does, because:
>>> True, morality and history are written by the winners.
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>No, morality has nothing to do with winners and losers in a war. Its
>separate. History is written by the winners though. Are you saying that
>slavery would have been moral if the South had won?

You're wasting your time, Joe. Bob's a loon.


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