Civil War History - "What if..." DiscussionsWhat if they had attacked instead of digging in...? What if he was in charge of the army instead...? Did you ever have a "What if..." question, and you weren't sure where to post it? Here's the place to ask these speculative questions!
" About the purpose of the war, I would say the war started to preserve things: preserve slavery and preserve the Union. These ends proved mutually exclusive." ....Lee Harvey Oswald, as he was being led from the Dallas Jail to Jack Ruby, who had just asked him his opinion on why the Civil War was started. Ruby evidently had a problem with Oswald's answer.
Terry
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
Matthew:
Someone will claim to have said that before you did. I wish I had.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Yeah that actually was typed out during one of my more lucid moments.
Terry
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
Are you a teacher??? Because one key to being a good teacher is to know how to "borrow" an idea from another teacher and either warp it to make it your own or take it use it as is, but as your own. I was taught that by my professors and other teachers. I readily admit to doing it too. "Stealin' it," is my motto.
Bart
__________________ "Thank You....Noooo."
Major Charles Emerson Winchester III M.A.S.H. 4077th
Are you a teacher??? Because one key to being a good teacher is to know how to "borrow" an idea from another teacher and either warp it to make it your own or take it use it as is, but as your own. I was taught that by my professors and other teachers. I readily admit to doing it too. "Stealin' it," is my motto.
Bart
No, Bart. Nothing quite so admirable. The largest portion of my job is in marketing... slimy, slimy business it is, too.
No. No. Mr. Keith. Marketing is a noble profession, like lawyering. Sheep are to be sheared. It's the way it is, was, and has always been. Those who have advanced beyond sheep are not immume .
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Amen to that Ole. There is nothing wrong with marketing at all Keith. There are good and bad people in every profession. Focus on the many positives, yourself included, and disassociate or distance yourself from the few negatives. ***Down Bart. Down from the soapbox.***
Bart
__________________ "Thank You....Noooo."
Major Charles Emerson Winchester III M.A.S.H. 4077th
Its relative. Where teaching is a giving profession, marketing particularly at the higher levels of consumer products is often at the other end of the spectrum.
I had an employee tell me one time he was having difficulty with available choices he had to work with at times. He explained it as (and I'll try to get thru the censor), "...if you were buried up to your chin in a vat of poo-poo, and someone threw a bucket of snot at you... would you duck?".
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