Gary, I am truly disappointed in this conversation.  I wasn't writing about the two economies in the least and why you focused on them is beyond me.  Why you needed to tell me the south seceded and violated the Constitution is also beyond me.  Or the point of your slavery comment.  For the record, the Constitution doesn't address secession and allowed slavery for all states until near the end of the CW.  Since I abhor both, I am not going to defend either for your fun.  I was tying to explain how the Confederate Flag symbolizes being "Southern" for white and some (not many) black Southerners without them having to be racists.  Your refusal to accept the fact that some who fly the Confederate Flag are not racists I will attribute to you just being old and stuck in your beliefs/ways.  This exchange has also allowed me to gain some insight into the Gary/GBA feud and what it is all about.