Assassination Photos

[Jim Garrett]

(11-08-2014 03:54 PM)BettyO Wrote:  

Quote:They were involved in a terrible crime that ruined many lives. They had time to think about what they were doing, and they all could have stopped it. Youth is not an excuse. While their death's may have been cruel and tragic, so was the result of their actions .

Quote:Those were certainly terrible times. Men did a lot of unthinkable things. William Henry Seward was the face of abolitionism in the government, and thought by JWB to be next in line behind Johnson to the Presidency. For desperate men who had given everything for their country and just lost it all and facing a very uncertain future, anything was possible. Passions were high, and hundred of thousand of lives were lost. The 21st Century man has a hard time understanding these brutal acts, until you examine life in the war torn middle east.

While I agree and disagree with Gene; yes the actions were terrible abd horrendous - I still think that youth had a great deal to do with it -- boys do not think like men and do not consider consequences.

Thanks, Jim for phrasing it better than I could....

Your Welcome. All I can say is that I'm fortunate that I've never had to experience anything like what either the victims or the perpetrators experienced.