The Movie"Lincoln"

[exreo]

S_ucks.

That is all.

[jdblack]

Figures. Lincoln never did well in theaters.

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[snupytcb]

Figures. Lincoln never did well in theaters.

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D:

[hurtinhvac]

Figures. Lincoln never did well in theaters.

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LOL!

How was the play otherwise, Mrs. Lincoln.

[toocoolforschool]

Figures. Lincoln never did well in theaters.

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good one.

[clifpaul]

Thanks exreo. I was wondering if it was any good.

[Gib's Son]

I overheard two people talking the other night saying it was great, a shoe in for an Academy Award.

I look at who produced it and wonder how historically accurate it really is. Lincoln was not a good President.

[exreo]

I overheard two people talking the other night saying it was great, a shoe in for an Academy Award.

I look at who produced it and wonder how historically accurate it really is. Lincoln was not a good President.

I agree that Lincoln was not a good president. He was responsible for a civil war that killed 650,000 people and probably maimed 2 million over the issue of slavery? Yes slavery was bad, but this civil war was the only way to resolve it? That's why Lincoln was a failed president IMHO. I don't know why he is deserving of being on a $5 bill. The whole movie has the liberal bias of the horribly bad white man being so mean to the black man. There is almost no action, and the whole movie is only about trying to get the amendment passed in the congress.

[jmac00]

I agree that Lincoln was not a good president. He was responsible for a civil war that killed 650,000 people and probably maimed 2 million over the issue of slavery? Yes slavery was bad, but this civil war was the only way to resolve it? That's why Lincoln was a failed president IMHO. I don't know why he is deserving of being on a $5 bill. The whole movie has the liberal bias of the horribly bad white man being so mean to the black man. There is almost no action, and the whole movie is only about trying to get the amendment passed in the congress.

just curious? What would you have done to end slavery? what could anyone have done????

[ga-hvac-tech]

just curious? What would you have done to end slavery? what could anyone have done????

I am sure I will get flamed for this...

I would have let the South go... and let the forces of the market place decide which country ended up taking over the other...

I guarantee you the result would have been a tougher and stronger USA!

[scrogdog]

At the risk of disagreeing with GA, there was most certainly NOT more slavery and abuse in the North. It is correct to say, however, that the war was not about slaves. Rather, it was thier version of class warfare, more or less. The South had no more fear of free men than I do of green energy. The issue was how to resolve the injustice without collapsing thier economy.

There was a huge difference in economics between the North and South. It was easy for a northern industrialist to say he was against slavery because he was no where near as dependant on them, especially given the fact that they had the money to hire former slaves. The Southern farmers thought it was a bunch of out-of-touch rich fat cats making demands with regards to a situation that they only had a tunnel-vision view of; thier own.

The war was about the freedom to persue the matter as they saw fit. Not the retention of slaves.

As for the movie, hollywood is rarely history. To be fair, the movie does not make a claim of historical authenticity. It is what we call historical fiction, one of my mom's favorite genres of literature.

[exreo]

just curious? What would you have done to end slavery? what could anyone have done????

I would have made the life of a slave a paradise in the north compared to the south. I would have given perks to companies that hired slaves at white working man's wages. All the slaves in the south would have bolted for the good jobs in the north. Then I would put a 10-year moratorium on any more blacks coming to America by ship from Africa. That would have the effect in the south of either the white guys picking their own cotton or else giving decent wages and working conditions to slaves.

I thought all the libs (not you because I believe you're a conservative) say we can't legislate morality? How can we legislate blacks being equal to whites then?

[jmac00]

I would have made the life of a slave a paradise in the north compared to the south. I would have given perks to companies that hired slaves at white working man's wages. All the slaves in the south would have bolted for the good jobs in the north. Then I would put a 10-year moratorium on any more blacks coming to America by ship from Africa. That would have the effect in the south of either the white guys picking their own cotton or else giving decent wages and working conditions to slaves.

I thought all the libs (not you because I believe you're a conservative) say we can't legislate morality? How can we legislate blacks being equal to whites then?

Interesting idea. what do you think a Plantation owner would have done to his slaves if he knew they would attempt to run north. I mean worse than what many plantation owners did anyway. I think there would have been MANY more deaths.

Morality is a God given thing. It can't be legislated. But a Government can pass laws making it illegal to abuse other people. Enforcement is a whole other ball game.