The book is a classic, and the movie is an all-time favorite that starred Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch. It is a powerful and pivotal moment, and in real life the human race would be so much the better if we would adopt this simple truism as a way of life. This week I received from the fax machine of Heritage Covenant Schools, under the letter head of the Tennessee League of the South, a press release calling for reparations for Southerners for so-called war atrocities by the Union against Confederates. I find that perplexing, the proposal raising a host of emotions from sadness to incredulousness. I thought that was what war was all about.
Someone wins, someone loses.
Someone is the conqueror and someone conquered. I am sorry, but I find all this incredulous and so short-sighted that I have trouble bringing a logical response to such an illogical request. Since receiving the fax I have wondered if TLS's position is a response to some requesting money for atrocities suffered by slaves at the hands of slaveholders. That is equally incredulous. History is littered with the evil doings of men.