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05-02-2008, 09:15 AM
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umm last time i checked the War of Northern Agression ended in 1865 and Phi Mu wasn't founded until the late 1870s ?? correct me if I'm wrong, but that's the Reconstruction period and not the Civil War.
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[mini-hijack] Why are you calling it the "War of Northern Agression". It is called the Civil War and in all technicalities the South started the war by firing upon unarmed Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. So maybe if the name of the Civil War is going to be changed it should be the War of Southern Agression, since they started it.  [end mini-hijack]
Phi Mu was founded a year after us, and we were founded in 1851, which means they were 1852. So yep, both of our sororities were around for the Civil War. And we were probably supporting the Confederacy since we were founded in Georgia.
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05-02-2008, 11:38 AM
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Why are you calling it the "War of Northern Agression".
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Because we are Southerners, and that's what it's called. If you prefer, we could call it the 'Late Unpleasantness'.
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05-02-2008, 11:55 AM
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fixed ya post
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Because we are Southerners, and that's what it's called. If you prefer, we could call it the 'Late Unpleasantness'.
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LOL. Theme song could be "The Night the Barbecue Went Out in Georgia" or "Yankees Just Don't Understand" or "They Won't Do it Our Way" or "Yankee Doodle Came to Town and Took Away My Sla-aves".
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05-02-2008, 12:12 PM
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"Yankees Just Don't Understand"
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I will work on the words to this over the weekend if I get a chance.
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05-02-2008, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ASUADPi
[mini-hijack] Why are you calling it the "War of Northern Agression". It is called the Civil War and in all technicalities the South started the war by firing upon unarmed Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. So maybe if the name of the Civil War is going to be changed it should be the War of Southern Agression, since they started it. [end mini-hijack] |
Bless your heart.
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Because we are Southerners, and that's what it's called. If you prefer, we could call it the 'Late Unpleasantness'.
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LOL.
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05-02-2008, 02:00 PM
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That's what my great-grandmother called it. And I know I am so going to be in for it when my 10 year old son learns more about what his school calls "The Civil War" next year in sixth grade. He is now beginning to understand that the War of Northern Aggression was begun over the rights of the individual states.
I do declare, sometimes I hate living up here in yankee land.
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Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie
Because we are Southerners, and that's what it's called. If you prefer, we could call it the 'Late Unpleasantness'.
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05-02-2008, 02:58 PM
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Are we really talking about this? I think everyone can use history lesson go read the Declaration of Secession the civil war wasn't really started over states right necessarily it was really started over slavery even though no one wants to say it. South Carolina didn't like that the Union was allowing states to have their own rights especially when it came to slavery. This meaning that if slave owners from SC went to New York they weren't allowed to bring their slave because they weren't allowed to have them. For more info read the book the Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen. Ok lets get back on topic now.
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05-02-2008, 03:03 PM
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Are we really talking about this?
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All the time.
Just give a North-South intro and the Civil War gets discussed. 
The fact that this discussion is happening in a "Blacks that rush NPC" thread is beyond ironic and comical.
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05-02-2008, 03:06 PM
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For more info read the book the Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen.
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The chapter about Helen Keller blew my mind.
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05-02-2008, 03:15 PM
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I say check out all orgs. There are a lot of misconceptions, stereotypes, and hearsay out there. Dig deeper. Black people join NPHC orgs for many many reasons which may or may not include the fact that they are Black.
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05-02-2008, 09:27 PM
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The chapter about Helen Keller blew my mind.
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Mee too!! ugh
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