Confederate Memorial

[kiltedfarmer]

.....There are no good guys in war.

I beg to differ. What is not good and righteous about defending your homeland and way of life, unless of course that way of life is known to not be good and righteous? And by what authority are we granted the right to pass judgment on a previous society based on today's morals? Sure, slavery is a reprehensible practice by today's standards and I am not defending it, but there are other aspects of the southern lifestyle that were good, and most of the folks that fought for the CSA did not own slaves and thus embodied those elements.

As a Virginian, and a Scotsman I also embody the love of personal freedom for which the majority in the CSA fought and died. Sadly there are too many in our society that have lost that vision and are willing to accept encroaching government control in increasing areas of our lives. I am not. I only pray that there are enough of us left to carry that vision going forward, regardless of the level of dominance of current thought.