Archive for December 22, 2010

Ft. Sumter, Apr 12–13, 1861 (www​.civil​warhome​.com)

In the com­ments sec­tion of the Synagis™ post, a side dis­cus­sion has bro­ken out on whether the United States should break itself into pieces.

Since such a thought coin­cides with the 150^th anniver­sary of the fir­ing on Ft. Sumter, it’s as timely an issue as any.

Cor­rec­tion (thanks Max): Since such a thought coin­cides with the 150^th anniver­sary of South Carolina’s Ordi­nance of Seces­sion, it’s as timely an issue as any.

Here’s the com­ment that kicked off the discussion:

(Some of you) guys never cease to amaze me and with a world­view that is so com­pletely anti­thet­i­cal to my own, I find it increas­ingly dif­fi­cult to call you fel­low Americans.

The dis­so­lu­tion of the United States as we know it and emer­gence of regional, like-​​minded gov­er­nance (South, West Coast, North­east, Mid­west, etc.) can’t come soon enough. For all of you who want to ban Happy Meals and run pri­vate health insur­ance out of town, I want you to have a place you can call home that’s all your own.

Let’s con­tinue that dis­cus­sion here.

Related Arti­cles

• South Car­olini­ans Cel­e­brate 150^th Anniver­sary of Seces­sion [Par­ties] (gawker​.com)
• 150 years on, Civil War still stirs South Car­olina pas­sions (reuters​.com)
• The reac­tion to the Seces­sion Gala says as much about its crit­ics as atten­dees (charlestonci​ty​pa​per​.com)