We are in the midst of the 148th anniversary of Sherman's march to the sea.

[MrFun]

Then you have no comprehension about how today's race relations in America is product of our past.

[Ben Kenobi]

Oh, that's why they are celebrating 'Lynch a yankee' at the local bar tonight. Man, great deals and I'm going.

[kentonio]

No one is saying you should agree with their cause, but you should be conscious and respectful of the cost to human life of your actions, no matter who you are fighting. That doesn't mean what Sherman did is wrong. It means that it is regrettable, not something to be celebrated.

When it's the innocent people who Ogie referred to then absolutely. If it was the actual slave owning secesh then **** them quite frankly. They treated an entire race like animals and ripped a country in two at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives. Seriously, **** them

If the Israelis took the attitude you are taking towards the Confederacy, they would have flattened Gaza and evicted the Arabs from the West Bank. The moral beliefs of most Palestinians (by opinion polls!) are at least as repugnant as the Confederacy's.

No they would not. Sherman may have caused a lot of damage but he did not completely obliterate the south and evict all its residents into Mexico. Israel carries out numerous retaliatory actions that cause collateral damage, and runs blockades that cause suffering to most Palestinians. The thinking isn't particularly different, which is why Israel keeps getting accused of collective punishment.

[Ben Kenobi]

Yet Kentonio supports it when it's the South and rejects it when it happens to people he cares about. Interesting hypocrisy.

Also, last I checked, Islam approves slavery.

[kentonio]

Yet Kentonio supports it when it's the South and rejects it when it happens to people he cares about. Interesting hypocrisy.

Who do I care about?

[Ben Kenobi]

Islamists who prefer dumping rockets on Israel, marrying children and enslaving non-arab people.

[kentonio]

Islamists who prefer dumping rockets on Israel, marrying children and enslaving non-arab people.

Setting aside that I've been a strong supporter of the state of Israel for going on two decades, comments like that really do show what a repulsive human being you are.

[Dr Strangelove]

Actually I think you could blame Gen Winfield Scott and the US Navy for breaking the back of the Confederacy. General Scott conceived the "Anaconda Plan" which was the Union's basic strategy throughout the war, and it worked. The US Navy efficiently sealed off the Confederacy, ruining its economy.

[regexcellent]

All without horrific civilian casualties or war crimes.

[Ben Kenobi]

Sure, that must be why I've been a strong supporter of the state of Israel for going on two decades.

You support Israel like bras support Janet Jackson.

[giblets]

All without horrific civilian casualties or war crimes.

That's right. Destroying Georgia's economy, whether through blockade or burning everything to the ground, was not a war crime

[Imran Siddiqui]

No, if zombie Sherman were to do it again, he should flatten Washington, D.C. The traffic there is far worse than Atlanta's and the people there are rightfully hated.

Says someone who's never been in Atlanta traffic. Seriously, Washington is nothing compared to 285 during rush hour.

[Guynemer]

No, if zombie Sherman were to do it again, he should flatten Washington, D.C. The traffic there is far worse than Atlanta's and the people there are rightfully hated.

Come now, gentlemen. Surely zombie Sherman could flatten both DC and Atlanta, were he a just and loving zombie.

[SlowwHand]

That's right. Destroying Georgia's economy, whether through blockade or burning everything to the ground, was not a war crime

As was noted, if not him, then not Calley either. The difference is that Sherman killed and burned out his own civilian countrymen. He was also a General, not a 2nd Lieutenant.

[Hauldren Collider]

Come now, gentlemen. Surely zombie Sherman could flatten both DC and Atlanta, were he a just and loving zombie.

Well in that case he would obviously have to flatten Detroit as well.