"Remember Jeff Davis? "

[Beowulf]

by Beowulf:


So Booth's a hero?



He was a cowardly, cold-blooded, fame-seeking murderer. "Assassin" implies some kind of status. Booth had none. He couldn't gain enough notoriety from his attempts at acting, so he sought "immortality" by murdering the president, in front of his wife. How noble.



There never existed a Confederate States of America. It never happened. 620,000 men and boys fought and died to decide that issue.

I am torn concerning Booth. If he had really wanted to help the South, he should have done it long before April
of 1865.

I think he was an agent of the Radical Republican Liberals in Congress, and purposely waited until the end of the war, because that is when 'someone' hired him to do the job! Then, he wanted to double-dip and get Southern credit but it was too late!

I don't think he was really captured, and the story was fabricated to become legend. I just have a feeling that
certain designing people kept those padded torture hoods on the conspirators before their executions to SHUT THEM UP! (AMERICAN BRUTUS).

I think he was allowed to escape, but was forced into hiding, rather like Butch Cassidy was...

Think about it. Let him escape, and then 'kill' him later!
(or someone roughly matching his description).

If they capture Booth, Booth would tell all about the conspiracy and name big names in Congress, or whomever!

No, I think Booth lived, but had to stay silent because of the conspiracy...

It's just an opinion... I am not staking anything on it...

But Booth a hero? Naaahhh.


(ASSASSIN sounds cool, but it doesn't imply any other status! )

He was an acclaimed actor. (Of course he didn't think he was popular enough! They never get enough!).

There NEVER existed a CSA? It never happened?

Isn't that the first step to something like Holocaust Denial?

You are scaring me, buddy!

Beowulf

[Beowulf]

Propaganda. Hope you didn't pay money for that book.

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/georgiabooks/pdfs/gb5130.pdf

Regards,
Cash

Well, bless your soul. Casher! Thanks for the post!

Hey! All Ya'll! It's at this galileo-post thingy! Read it!

And now, you don't think... what?

A). Any of this happened?
B). He (They) never said that?
C). The guy is weird because he is talking to his Blade?

What's your problem with this?

Whence be Yon piece 'propaganda', ye Rascal?

Beowulf

[samgrant]

What a weird thread. Lots of spelling arguments, some odd acusations of whatnots, and several references to "****"s.

I just wonder what the heck happened to the big celebration of Jefferson Davis' 200th birthday.

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[OpnDownfall]

What happened, was Beowulf decided to enter the thread.
Beowulf is clearly incapable of staying on a single subject longer than 2 or 3 lines at a time.

[OpnDownfall]

Unfortunately, the 'cause' defended by Davis (and today's revisionists) has been tainted by what that cause defended; Slavery. Because of this, I have no great feeling for Davis or his cause. But I would not fight against any commeoration the south feels would present Davis in a more favorable light to the world at large. But, if I may suggest, such requires a willingness to be seen as going against the temper of the times and history.
We know that many revisionists are more than willing to take on the task. But does the south, as a whole, really want to be seen in their company, much less as their spokesmen?