I read somewhere that when a people have been defeated and humilated they
will never forget.
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From: "Patricia Watkinson"  wrote:
  In the recent past, Americans have been
surprised at the way Serbs, Irish, Palestinians and Jews, to name a few,
have held on to, even nurtured, grudges and hatreds stemming from
ancient defeats and betrayals.   However, this north/south divide shows
that Americans are obviously not immune to such viseral  responses.

I know the names of all of my Confederate ancestors, which were drummed
into me on vacation visits to innumberable battlefields.  I can even
point out the trees behind which my great grandfather shot at "Yankees"
in the Wilderness.   As a small child I heard all the family stories of
life in Reconstruction Virginia, and I say, let it go.

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