----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: Re: Lurkers afraid of flames?
> > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > But, I still wonder if I can make the list more hospitable to new > posters > > without giving up what I like about it. I know I won't let opinions > like > > "slavery had nothing to do with the War Between the States" go > unchallenged. > > It was a war between memes (paradigms). In the north was the Industrial > machine that paid workers virtually nothing. In the south was Slave > machine that paid workers nothing. > You looking for trouble boy? :-) A quick bit of data that is inconsistant with this viewpoint is found at http://www.friesian.com/stats.htm which shows that the US was >80% rural in 1860. I remember one number from Ken Burn's "The Cival War" when he discussed how that war changed the North. IIRC, there were only 3 foundaries in Cleveland before the war, and over 30 after. (The last number is a bit hazy, but it was lots more than 3). Dan M.
