17-10-2012, 07:02 PM
LR Trotter Wrote:Being in a position to lose employment income, then and now due to private life activities, is a very tight vise to be trapped in. As an attorney, Mr Lane didn't need balls, but working for $ 50 to $ 75 per week in those days was very common, although not enough to afford an attorney on your own. And, taking a chance on loosing employment would certainly tighten the vise. As I heard Merle Haggard say, this is a free country as long as you can pay for that freedom. Maybe a paraphrase, but the point is the same. I'm not trying to argue, but reality is what it is, and I have seen some Texas reality.
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And it's a valid point too, and probably the reason they didn't do it. In hindsight, however, this group action would have been cheap compared to being covertly murdered by the conspirators as many American citizens were. Charles is right. Let's not lose sight that this is an evil and ugly war that requires equal redress.