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    Banning the Fleur de Lis

    http://wgno.com/2015/07/10/could-ban...ur-city-icons/
    "Personally, I was just appalled that a piece of New Orleans history was going to disappear"
    And here I thought Americans loved the French! What's next, the Statue of Liberty?
    "And the Light shone into the Darkness, but the Darkness did not understand..." John 1:5.
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    What a complete pile of bollocks. "They want to remove a statue of a traitor leader? What next? They'll make up all start talking in Yankee accents?!?"

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      Robert E Lee was a soldier. He did his duty and he did it well.

      He was a Confederate soldier who owed his loyalty to the Confederacy.

      I think it right and proper that he be honoured in the former Confederate states. It is a soldiers duty to "do or die, not to question why".

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Braindead View Post
        Robert E Lee was a soldier. He did his duty and he did it well.

        He was a Confederate soldier who owed his loyalty to the Confederacy.

        I think it right and proper that he be honoured in the former Confederate states. It is a soldiers duty to "do or die, not to question why".
        He was a confederate soldier. You remember, those traitors who tried to break up the United States of America. Why would he be honoured in one of the United States of America?

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          Originally posted by kentonio View Post
          He was a confederate soldier. You remember, those traitors who tried to break up the United States of America. Why would he be honoured in one of the United States of America?
          There is a George Washington statue near Trafalgar Square. Why? Why!?
          One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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          • #6
            He was a commissioned officer in the army of the United States of America who decided that he owed more loyalty to his state than his country even though he acknowledged that the southern cause, the right to own slaves, was morally wrong. He had sworn an oath to his country, he had never before sworn an oath to his state or the Confederacy. To me he seems to be a man with a flawed moral compass.
            "I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Dauphin View Post
              There is a George Washington statue near Trafalgar Square. Why? Why!?
              Because George Washington's country has saved Britain's a** on multiple occasions. Because the American Revolution was also an important episode in the struggle between King and Parliament to establish who actually rules Great Britain.

              Let me guess, was the Washington statue commissioned by Whigs?
              "I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Dauphin View Post
                There is a George Washington statue near Trafalgar Square. Why? Why!?
                Because we have a twisted sense of humour.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Dr Strangelove View Post
                  Because George Washington's country has saved Britain's a** on multiple occasions. Because the American Revolution was also an important episode in the struggle between King and Parliament to establish who actually rules Great Britain.

                  Let me guess, was the Washington statue commissioned by Whigs?
                  WTF?
                  One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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                  • #10
                    I always get a kick out of Americans who are appalled by the treason of the Confederacy. Your country wouldn't exist if it weren't for treason, you thick bastards.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by kentonio View Post
                      He was a confederate soldier. You remember, those traitors who tried to break up the United States of America. Why would he be honoured in one of the United States of America?
                      Oliver Cromwell.

                      Also, he when he surrendered he prevented an insurgency from happening. That's good.

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                      • #12
                        Why are you bringing up Cromwell? Most of what we put into the Constitution regarding the military was intended to prevent a Cromwell popping up over here!
                        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                        • #13
                          We still commemorate Alexander the Great, and he was a monster. Robert E. Lee was not as clever nor as influential, but also not an amoral megalomaniac. So sure, let him keep his statue.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Dr Strangelove View Post
                            Because George Washington's country has saved Britain's a** on multiple occasions. Because the American Revolution was also an important episode in the struggle between King and Parliament to establish who actually rules Great Britain.

                            Let me guess, was the Washington statue commissioned by Whigs?
                            Australians first loyalty is to their state *shrug* makes sense to me.
                            Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                            Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Elok View Post
                              We still commemorate Alexander the Great, and he was a monster. Robert E. Lee was not as clever nor as influential, but also not an amoral megalomaniac. So sure, let him keep his statue.
                              You do?
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