[Magdalen] Fwd: The Almost Daily eMo From The Geranium Farm

[Jay Weigel]

Well, you know, a lot of these folks, on one side or the other, were our
individual ancestors. We can't do anything about our DNA. I've made peace
with the fact that some of my ancestors were slaveholders. As my daughter
says, "I hope they were kind." It's the way things were. Just as some of
our founding fathers were slaveholders. It's history. Deal with it. I've
come to believe that some of the stuff that was done during and directly
after the Civil War is in many ways directly responsible for some of
today's political climate in the south.

Rant mode off.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 5:48 PM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
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> > Was it in the pages of this list some years ago where there was  a
> > discussion about how we should look upon those who fought for  the
> > Confederate cause?  I believe the question was whether these  men
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>  It's not as if anything we do is going to change anything. Everyone fought
> for the cause which they felt was better.
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> Under the sod and the dew,            Waiting the judgment-day,        Love
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> James W. Oppenheimer
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
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