I have been amazed at some of the things that people are writing in the forums over racial issues and immigration. So, I want to light a fire under some of you before some more radical issues come to bear. To understand what is happening today, you need to understand what happened "yesterday." Without a knowledge of history, your thoughts and ideas are only plagiarisms of someone else. When you copy someone else's comments, you do so without investigating their comment and only server the "devil" in that you make someone's lie or errored observation appear TRUE! That is called "gossip!" Whether you are religious or not, you should note that gossip is always bad for everyone, including one's self. I am going to put you into a story now and I hope you read it. I want you to read it because it will give you a TRUE idea of what was transpiring in Alabama just after the War between the States. With this you can obtain reasoning behind a lot of prejudices, while at the same time understand that there is little basis/root for most of the present day prejudices still existing in Alabama. And for those of you who would join organizations which you will find illustrated in this story, think seriously afterwards about what you have been told as reasons behind your participation because many times young men are enticed to be part of something great, when the reality of the idea has been corrupted over the years and is now an abomination. Click on this URL or cut 'n paste it to your browser windown....
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/appomatto.htm
And please refrain from making racially insensitive comments as this only makes you appear ignorant and uncaring. God bless all of you.
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