Western Jesse James and Billy the Kid

[oakranger]

Well we all got our own opinion. What do you think of Billy the Kid?

Over rated. 

[stealth]

Anybody know any other famous wild west criminals.

[uptown]

Confederate General Hood burned Atlanta. Actually, he burned military stores as his army evacuated. However, the fires got out of control, burning down a substantial portion of the city. No one burned Richmond.

Maybe you SHOULD turn on the History Channel....


My regards,

Widewing

I'm glad you posted this actually.
Several years ago I was researching my family tree and I couldn't find anything prior to 1865 because the records were destroyed by fire. I've always assumed the Union army did it during the siege of Richmond. There's is no doubt in my mind that Richmond did in fact burn, but after digging deeper for info on this, I found that it was the Confederates that set fire to the city.

[uptown]

As opposed to nothing.  I'm not making any comparisons here.

Your making excuses for the horrible things he did, just because other people have done worse.  Heck, Hitler/Eichmann murdered 6 million Jews, so by your reasoning if I only kill 2 million I'm a great guy.  Right and wrong just IS, it is NOT based on a sliding scale or graded on a curve off of what others have done.  Just because others have done worse then I, does not make the bad things I do right.

It's called personal responsibility, JJ is responsible for his own despicable acts, regardless of what others around him were doing.

Fair enough  

P.S. the statement "JJ only killed who needed killing" was a troll. Seems I caught a Great Northern 

[uptown]

 

I suggest reading "Southern Storm" by Noah Andre Trudeau.    

I'll definitely look around for this book. Thanks