12-25-2012, 08:09 AM
I'll never get the spelling of the name right, but the PM of Israel said it best when he basically said: we knew what we had before, now who knows.
The US has been fortunate that it did not have a dictatorship following our civil war, as results many times. And, it wasn't for lack of trying on the 1860's Republican's part either.
Civil wars/revolutions usually don't end well. There are only a few that I can think of that had beneficial, or at least non-harmful, results. The nobility uprising that created the Magna Carta. The installation of William and Mary. The US Civil War. There are probably others.
And, I would be remiss, given where I live, to forget to mention May 17; seems that particular bit of strife worked out okay (supposedly the day of Norway's independence from Sweden). May 17, is that *only* day in Williston when a flag is flown on the tallest pole in town, which is next to the old 1910's era post office building. On May 17, a large Norwegian flag is hoisted above the city.
The US has been fortunate that it did not have a dictatorship following our civil war, as results many times. And, it wasn't for lack of trying on the 1860's Republican's part either.
Civil wars/revolutions usually don't end well. There are only a few that I can think of that had beneficial, or at least non-harmful, results. The nobility uprising that created the Magna Carta. The installation of William and Mary. The US Civil War. There are probably others.
And, I would be remiss, given where I live, to forget to mention May 17; seems that particular bit of strife worked out okay (supposedly the day of Norway's independence from Sweden). May 17, is that *only* day in Williston when a flag is flown on the tallest pole in town, which is next to the old 1910's era post office building. On May 17, a large Norwegian flag is hoisted above the city.