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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1451804" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>I skimmed the article but got hung up when he quotes the oath he says he took as an officer. That is the oath of an enlisted man but it does skew things in the favor of his opinion.</p><p></p><p>The point I'm trying to make is what would you do if you were in his shoes? You are married to Washington's grandaughter so you you are familiar with the struggles for independence and now you are being asked to lead the northern army against your home and your family and friends. This had to be a tough decision for him to make. Here is a man who wasn't a big advocate of slavery but here he was being faced with one of those dammed if you do and dammed if you don't type decisions. It had to be hard on him because he was in the same situation as Oskar Schindler during the second war and I suspect had Germany won history would view Shindler as a traitor.</p><p></p><p>The point I'm trying to make is I think its rather unfair for anyone today to judge any of these subjects by today's standards. Sure slavery was wrong. No doubt about it but during that period in history it was common. Did Lee make the wrong decision? I don't know but I know if I were in his shoes I wouldn't take up arms against my family and neighbors. On the flip side, people always ask how the Germans could do the same. Knowing that people are capable of doing that is pretty scary in my view. </p><p></p><p>People need to move on instead of finding things they no nothing about to offend themselves with. This girl's offense at seeing bowls of cotton in a vase at a store is ridiculous. Like someone asked, "are we going to tear out the railroad tracks because it offends the Chinese?" Its all so stupid. People need to get a life or maybe a job that will keep their attention on something other than BS like this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1451804, member: 4362"] I skimmed the article but got hung up when he quotes the oath he says he took as an officer. That is the oath of an enlisted man but it does skew things in the favor of his opinion. The point I'm trying to make is what would you do if you were in his shoes? You are married to Washington's grandaughter so you you are familiar with the struggles for independence and now you are being asked to lead the northern army against your home and your family and friends. This had to be a tough decision for him to make. Here is a man who wasn't a big advocate of slavery but here he was being faced with one of those dammed if you do and dammed if you don't type decisions. It had to be hard on him because he was in the same situation as Oskar Schindler during the second war and I suspect had Germany won history would view Shindler as a traitor. The point I'm trying to make is I think its rather unfair for anyone today to judge any of these subjects by today's standards. Sure slavery was wrong. No doubt about it but during that period in history it was common. Did Lee make the wrong decision? I don't know but I know if I were in his shoes I wouldn't take up arms against my family and neighbors. On the flip side, people always ask how the Germans could do the same. Knowing that people are capable of doing that is pretty scary in my view. People need to move on instead of finding things they no nothing about to offend themselves with. This girl's offense at seeing bowls of cotton in a vase at a store is ridiculous. Like someone asked, "are we going to tear out the railroad tracks because it offends the Chinese?" Its all so stupid. People need to get a life or maybe a job that will keep their attention on something other than BS like this. [/QUOTE]
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