I am halfway through watching the excellent Ken Burns documentary on the US Civil War

[Sir C]

You have never been seduced by the charms of old Dixy?

The romance, the music, the whisky....terrible racism of course, but you cant have everything....

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvis' American Trilogy, Johnny Cash, the Zac Brown Band? Certainly, these are charming consequences of whatever local unpleasantness the Land Of The (Un)Free put itself through. The details of this conflict seem to me, though, immaterial in all respects.

[Peter]

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvis' American Trilogy, Johnny Cash, the Zac Brown Band? Certainly, these are charming consequences of whatever local unpleasantness the Land Of The (Un)Free put itself through. The details of this conflict seem to me, though, immaterial in all respects.

Ah, I know why. Its because there are no planes involved. You only like war in the skies, don't you.

[Sir C]

Ah, I know why. Its because there are no planes involved. You only like war in the skies, don't you.

Lord no. What about Agincourt? Waterloo? Proper battles, between proper armies, about proper issues. Not grubby little untrained oiks firing pop guns at each other and missing. Rubbish.

[Peter]

Lord no. What about Agincourt? Waterloo? Proper battles, between proper armies, about proper issues. Not grubby little untrained oiks firing pop guns at each other and missing. Rubbish.

Slaughter in record numbers, Sir C. Plenty of claret.....

I dont think you can define 'proper issues' solely as wanting to vanquish the french (noble though that may be)

[Sir C]

Slaughter in record numbers, Sir C. Plenty of claret.....

I dont think you can define 'proper issues' solely as wanting to vanquish the french (noble though that may be)

Yes, but look what they've ended up with. They fought a war for that?

No, the whole continent is best ignored, I would say.

[eastgermanautos]

Yes, but look what they've ended up with. They fought a war for that?

No, the whole continent is best ignored, I would say.

I have a soft spot for Quebec. Quebeqoise girls are not bad. French, mind, and yet physically robust because they live on the frontier.

[Burney]

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvis' American Trilogy, Johnny Cash, the Zac Brown Band? Certainly, these are charming consequences of whatever local unpleasantness the Land Of The (Un)Free put itself through. The details of this conflict seem to me, though, immaterial in all respects.

Hang on. I’m pretty sure I remember you dressed up in a Confederate uniform once, you massive racialist.

[Sir C]

Hang on. I’m pretty sure I remember you dressed up in a Confederate uniform once, you massive racialist.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

[Burney]

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

That’s right. There was a rather unfortunate moustache involved, wasn’t there?

[Sir C]

That’s right. There was a rather unfortunate moustache involved, wasn’t there?

Was there? I don't remember a moustache. It was over 10 years ago, I believe. The sword was good.