Boston Bombing aftermath, any similarity to the Lincoln assassination aftermath?

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There is plenty of blame to go around on all sides of our Civil War, and the fact that the blame lies on the country itself that could only solve the problems by going to war against itself teaches (or should teach) each and every American from 1861 on to find ways to avoid such terrible carnage.

Whether discussing Booth and his cabal or the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid or all the dirty little sidelights of war on both sides, we have to point fingers at ALL who allowed a civil war to become a reality. How could they have avoided it? I sure don't know. And, as you state, Kate, our punching at each other in the above manner is turning into nothing more than an argument. That's how the war started and no rational or fair-minded debate solved it. Likewise, our preaching from both sides is not going to sway very many people on this forum. From what I can tell, we are all very well-informed and very well-spoken people who have spent years forming our opinions. Finger pointing is probably not going to change those opinions.