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Something about John Wilkes Booth you may not know...
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Something about John Wilkes Booth you may not know...
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Something about John Wilkes Booth you may not know...
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08-31-2012, 10:01 PM
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RE: Something about John Wilkes Booth you may not know...
(08-31-2012 08:38 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: Which brings to mind something I believe very much: Booth was not insane or the Devil incarnate. So much of the early literature portrayed him that way. He was, instead, a man who had strong beliefs who acted on them. To JWB-his actions made sense. We may disagree with what he did but we don't need to demonize him. Do you agree? I'm sorry, but I don't. Booth was a coward who snuck up behind a defenseless man and shot him in the back of the head. While I completely disagree with everything the South fought for, they at least faced their enemies face front. Booth deserves demonization, in my opinion. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln in the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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