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Congal · I Love 'Our Scotland' Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 299

There are many ways to look at things. For instance if Ulster ended up in an all-ireland against its will. Ulster would find itself in the same situation as Dixie, namely.....being part of a country, of which they don't really want to be part of. I'm talking 1860s here.

Yet I dare say there are plenty of folk in Dixie who would support the concept of an all- Ireland arrangment. If you see what I mean Wink

Only a thought.

sandmountainslim · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject:

RFM · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject:

Soldier81;
Sandmountain's numerous postings about the American Civil War on a Scot's website has certainly been a puzzle to me as well. It is very difficult to say if he takes himself seriously, or whether it is all some sort of joke. As you correctly point out Americans look askance at anybody raising an issue with something that happened 140 years ago. What it has to do with modern day Scotland, or Scots in general simply eludes me. It does seem to me that there are numerous Americans of Scottish ancestry who are interested in conditions in Scotland and who would be interested in promoting Scotland's interests in America. These would be things like student exchange visitors, trade union agreements, professional licensing recognition, etc. But the Civil War????