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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:43 PM Original message |
Poll question: Was Lincoln wrong? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know if he was right or wrong to use violence to stop a rebellion, |
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Coffee and Cake (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Is that why he didn't object to the Corwin Amendment and endorsed The Chiriqui Resettlement Plan? |
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moez (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. What's the point of this poll? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. To discuss whether Lincoln was justified in his reasons for fighting the civil war. |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lincoln was right |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Was Lincoln wrong about not punishing those states that rebelled |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Lincoln was murdered just days following |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Lincoln I think was entirely correct in that. nt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lincoln and the South were wrong in a situation that had no right. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. The war was fought for several reasons. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. When the South attacked first they were no better than the Japanese |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The first battles in the Civil War were Bull Run and the Peninsula Campaign, |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Not only that |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. That's a military distinction ... |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Fort Sumter - South Carolina |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. If people have the right of political self-determination ... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Your OP title doesn't match the Poll Options. Re: Yes or No. That's how they do our ballots now!! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. The People have a right to overthrow their government, if they can. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That is incorrect. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Read "A Necessary Evil" by Gary Wills. |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Also wrong because the original states |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. No, they did not. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. By that reasoning, yes he was wrong. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Lincoln's goal was never the immediate abolition of slavery. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I didn't say that it was. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'd agree with that. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. This is why I think that if there's ever another attempt at secession |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Very interesting observation, Lyric. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. This isn't precisely true ... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Lincoln was right, but he was too benevolent in victory toward the treasonous. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I believe that most people at the time thought Lincoln was wrong |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. A point ... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Well said. nt |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. Lincoln was right. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. He was right, of course. nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's funny how more DUers support the break up of the country than do Texans. |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. That's a very important but very difficult question |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. Lincoln was right |
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