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charlie and algernon

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6. Because people know how damn bloody and destructive the first one was

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2011, 03:06 PM

Dec 2011

Let's put aside the tremendous body count, but the first one, even with its limited technology, still saw Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, and Richmond destroyed and burned to the ground. Now you want to add aircraft, tanks, and cruise missles? How many cities and towns will be destroyed and how many people KILLED by major fighting in heavily populated areas?

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Why isn't there more enthusiasm for anothe civil war? [View all] struggle4progress May 2011 OP

I don't think we need to go so far as a war sybylla May 2011 #1

Because only trolls are interested in the idea (see the first response in this thread) Bucky May 2011 #2

Nuclear weapons have made wars between UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #11

Because we are grownups, and because the last Civil War cost so many lives and took so long to get JDPriestly May 2011 #3

There are people that believe one is coming. Rex Dec 2011 #4

Should there be? RZM Dec 2011 #5

Because people know how damn bloody and destructive the first one was charlie and algernon Dec 2011 #6

Isn't the term "Civil War" a little like "Romantic Rape". styersc Dec 2011 #7

Now that you mention it, WheelWalker Dec 2011 #8

"Man-o-" War? styersc Dec 2011 #10

Because Americans are tired of seeing their children, and their neighbors children maimed or dead... Rowdyboy Dec 2011 #9