ancient? I thought these were the guys that founded the ideal state? Dana
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:00:23 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The revolutionaries invented this? > > Wasn't it just a fact of ancient warfare that the victors had pretty much > free reign over the vanquished? It seems to me that history is rife with > examples of wholesale massacres of defeated war parties. Applying modern > rules of war (and victory) to ancient conflicts seems like an exercise in > exasperation to me. > > > > > > AFter 1780 loyalists in Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey and several > > other states were put into camp and systematically starved, tortured > > and if female, raped. Indian tribes who were allied with the > > government were attacked in the same matter as the Serbs attacked the > > Kosovars and Bosians. In counties in Virginia, the Carolinas and > > Georgia lawas were passed making loyalists financially and legally > > responsible for any crimes committed in those counties. Any blacks > > found in the loyalist or government service were summarily executed. > > > > larry > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136207 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
