You have very little reason to hate the south. And geez, I'm a Southerner, and I'm proud of that, but never have I said that I hate the North. I said that I don't agree with Northerners' views on most things, but hating people based on where they live...no. And because we are "The South", and not up to your "absurd standards", that does not mean that you can scrap out our history.

Thank you for threatening to shoot me and the rest of my "kind" in the face. And you seem to only be paying attention to the arguments that make your views count. The battle of the Alamo was something that shouldn't be forgotten, as it was a small group against overwhelming odds who refused to show any mercy, despite the fact that they outnumbered the Texans 30:1. The bloodshed, no, that is not what should be celebrated. However, the honor and passion that those soldiers displayed...the refusal to surrender because you knew that they would line you and your breathren up and shoot you, one by one...that should be honored. They could have run...but they didn't, because they believed in democracy, and not submitting to the will of a dictator who happened to despise you.

AND FOR THE LAST TIME: SLAVERY WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, NEITHER WAS IT THE CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR*. IT WAS THE SAME BASIS FOR THAT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THEY WANTED TO HAVE A DEMOCRACY IN PLACE, NOT A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ONE MAN CONTROLLED ALL. (except with the American Revolution it was Parliament, not made up of a single colonist)

*the cause of the American Civil War was in the hands of governmental supremacy. The North felt that the Federal Government should be supreme; the South felt that State Governments should decide.

And wanting to have your own government is a horrible cause? Then I guess the American Revolution, French Revolution, as well as countless other revolutions were "horrible causes."

Please don't treat my heritage like that. I don't say that any history that the North has should be thrown away, because it shouldn't. I choose not to forget any history, as we can learn from it. Please don't forget our history.