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You're an 'unlucky' gen contributor, is that right? War of Secession, fine. What do we call this conflict, Reconstruction didn't go as planned War? 150 years down that road. 56 after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Forced busing since 1970 or so. I got bused. First day was first time I saw a black teacher. Pretty cool if memory serves. The white ones too, sweating armpit circles beneath loosened ties in non-airconditioned classrooms. The number of interracial sweethearts in a graduating class of about 600; zero. I value African American culture. Latin culture. Chinese culture. Hindi culture. They're just not mine. Is that so wrong? Served briefly on a House staff for the 94th Congress. What a blast. That was during a period of some transition as well. The previous president resigned for getting caught breaking the law. For which his constitutional replacement issued a preemptive pardon. He wouldn't have been next in line for the job but the previous VP had also resigned, for breaking the law. Their administration is credited for negotiating a 'Peace with Honor' accord to end American hostilities in Vietnam. Another war which saw naming issues. An aspect of the prelude to that accord was increased bombing, some of it in Cambodia. 13 students protesting this at Kent State University were shot by unprepared, young National Guardsmen. Four died. Breaks my heart what I'm seeing now but here we are. Change is this life. Switching to musical. Hoping for you better luck new generation classmates, whatever your ancestry.Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
Technically neither were true civil wars because they were not trying to topple the original government. They were both wars of secession.
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