Country vs. State

[Peace_Maker]

My father and I recently had an argument when discussing the civil war. I said I would support my state before my country and he said it would be hard to go against the country he served.

Where do you stand if in a crazy situation several states including Oklahoma succeeded.

This was supposed to be a poll but I jacked it all up due to too much bourbon.

 

[waltham41]

It would all depend on the event that lead up to it.

 

[WTJ]

What are the circumstances of the secession?

 

[jbarnett]

It would all depend on the event that lead up to it.

 

[Buddhaman]

Depends on the circumstances and what each side wanted.

 

[vvvvvvv]

To support your country blindly is to support your country's demise.

 

[WTJ]

Are we talking 'all enemies, foreign and domestic' or 'I don't like hippies'?

On second thought,....................

 

[Glocktogo]

To support your country blindly is to support your country's demise.

Same goes for the state. It would really depend on which side was in the wrong.

 

[vvvvvvv]

Same goes for the state. It would really depend on which side was in the wrong.

Yes. But wouldn't a state that had seceded become it's own country?

 

[jarhead983]

I agree that it depends on the issues, but, part of the problem that we are dealing with now is because we got away from the structure that this country was based on. The state was to be the powerful entity with a weaker federal gov't. We started away from this during the War between the States. When the South tried to do what they had every right to do, secceed, the Federal gov't grew more powerful. I would generally default to the State, all things being equal and knowing full well that the USA depends on this structure of cohesive states.

You may notice that I used the term War between the States instead of the more common but incorrect label of Civil War. A civil war is between a common people fighting for power over everyone. Be it the gov't or ideology. The south had no desire to take over the federal gov't or the other states, therefore a civil war term is inaccurate.