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Sazerac · 10-10-2001, 04:55 PM

Hear, hear, Dio! (applauds) "A last resort." Yes, like a surgery. In one's health, one always looks for alternative forms of treatment rather than submit oneself to the radical treatment of surgery. Sometimes, though, it is a necessary evil, and sometimes good tissue has to be wounded to get to the bad tissue. It is the same way with war. One hopes and prays that it doesn't come, and one tries to find as many possible solutions to come to an agreement without it. But if all else has failed, then if it must be, it must be. Let it be quick, and decisive, and may as much "good" be spared in getting rid of the "bad."

War is neither grand nor glorious. It's a terrible, terrible, business. Sometimes it is necessary. Sometimes not.

One of my favorite passages from Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" is Rhett Butler speaking at the Wilkes' barbecue, on the upcoming Civil War:

"The trouble with most of us Southerners," continued Rhett Butler, "is that we either don't travel enough or we don't profit enough by our travels. Now, of course, all you gentlemen are well-traveled. But what have you seen? Europe and New York and Philadelphia, and of course, the ladies have been to Saratoga" (he bowed slightly to the group under the arbor). "You've seen the hotels and the museums and the halls and the gambling houses. And you've come home believing that there's no place like the South. As for me, I was Charleston born, but I have spent the last few years in the North." His white teeth shown in a grin, as though he realized that everyone present knew just why he know longer lived in Charleston, and cared not at all if they did know. "I have seen many things that you all have not seen. The thousands of immigrants who'd be glad to fight for the Yankees for food and a few dollars, the factories, the foundries, the shipyards, the iron and coal mines--all the things we haven't got. Why all we have are cotton and slaves and ... arrogance. They'd lick us in a month."

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10-10-2001, 04:55 PM	#114
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 61 Posts: 7,387	Hear, hear, Dio! (applauds) "A last resort." Yes, like a surgery. In one's health, one always looks for alternative forms of treatment rather than submit oneself to the radical treatment of surgery. Sometimes, though, it is a necessary evil, and sometimes good tissue has to be wounded to get to the bad tissue. It is the same way with war. One hopes and prays that it doesn't come, and one tries to find as many possible solutions to come to an agreement without it. But if all else has failed, then if it must be, it must be. Let it be quick, and decisive, and may as much "good" be spared in getting rid of the "bad." War is neither grand nor glorious. It's a terrible, terrible, business. Sometimes it is necessary. Sometimes not. One of my favorite passages from Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" is Rhett Butler speaking at the Wilkes' barbecue, on the upcoming Civil War: "The trouble with most of us Southerners," continued Rhett Butler, "is that we either don't travel enough or we don't profit enough by our travels. Now, of course, all you gentlemen are well-traveled. But what have you seen? Europe and New York and Philadelphia, and of course, the ladies have been to Saratoga" (he bowed slightly to the group under the arbor). "You've seen the hotels and the museums and the halls and the gambling houses. And you've come home believing that there's no place like the South. As for me, I was Charleston born, but I have spent the last few years in the North." His white teeth shown in a grin, as though he realized that everyone present knew just why he know longer lived in Charleston, and cared not at all if they did know. "I have seen many things that you all have not seen. The thousands of immigrants who'd be glad to fight for the Yankees for food and a few dollars, the factories, the foundries, the shipyards, the iron and coal mines--all the things we haven't got. Why all we have are cotton and slaves and ... arrogance. They'd lick us in a month." ------------------ [This message has been edited by Sazerac (edited 10-10-2001).]