Quote:Before we get into who's right and who's wrong, let's mull over an example. Ever wonder why Jefferson Davis was never actually tried, much less convicted, on the charge of treason for presiding over the Confederate States of America, even though he'd been indicted?
No, actually. I know next to nothing about the American Civil War.
But just off the top of my head, I would imagine that, in the most tense political atmosphere your nation has ever faced, after a brutal war that many saw as a murderous reconquest, it might have seemed slightly impolitic to just hang southern leaders from the highest tree. An example of at least moderate tolerance does go a long way towards reconstructing the fiction that democracy has been restored.
You will note that the response to the seccession was war, and not a cheerful acknowledgement of the right for the people to accept or reject the form of their government. Rebellion was not then, and is not now, legal in the United States of America.
Except in New Hampshire.
-Jester
Afterthought: That was fun. Now to the issue at hand: Who is right, and who is wrong?