Booth's Escape Route

[Gene C]

(02-07-2013 03:23 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  Obviously, i can only speak for myself, but to me the answer would be no. War is completely barbaric, but that's why there are rules which both sides follow, and for which people have been and continue to be charged with violating. Call if naive, but when one side would resort to violating that en masse, that side has lost any moral high ground it may have had.

Perhaps this is why President Lincoln's terms of surrender were considered so generous and forgiving. Had they been harsh, he would not have earned the place in history he has, or be as revered and respected as a leader.