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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Tone? I don't think that I typed in any fashion other than the one I normally use. Would an overabundance of smilies and emoticons make you feel warm, fuzzy and loved? If so, just let me know.
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"Clearly you need to reread your history..."? How about, "Protests were directly involved in the cause of the Civil War."? I appreciate that you were trying to share information, but there certainly wasn't a need to use somewhat condescending language.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
You can't separate the causes from the effect.
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I'll test this theory:
The Great Depression in the US was exactly the same as World War 2.
Does that sound about right? Germany's massive economic depression was, as much as anything else, a cause of World War 2.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
The war itself, seen in the proper context, was a gigantic protest over states' rights, the Lincoln Presidency, economic disparity between regions and industrialism versus agrariansim (ok, that one's a bit of a stretch).
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From another perspective, the perspective of the dictionary, a protest is an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is
powerless to prevent or avoid. You know the South almost won, right? In other words, it was not powerless in the least.