The South

Keith, Patrick AMH2010

I am glad for the Civil War; I am glad that I did not have to fight such a war. There are new wars that must be fought, though I think that the outcome of these wars can be litigated through an evolution in society.

I presume that most of those soldiers in the South fought for their freedoms; however they inadvertently fought to maintain the enslavement of their fellows. Enslavement, in any form, is wrong and will fail, always. You can not control someone or something forever. Eventually whatever is being controlled will escape the energy that is exerted and spent to bind that which would be controlled to whatever artificial state was desired. Everything will revert to its natural state.

I digress, my point is: I do not believe that all southerners were so naively deprived to have dreamed the desires to enslave humans. Humans have great capacity for cruelty, perhaps because they have such great capacity to experience cruelty. This however is a blessing, a duel edged blade. For so many of us with enough strength, we can strive above our adversities and live with compassion in our hearts.