I ' d tend to agree . What choice did you have ? It was either the alcohol , medicine , or him possibly ending up a lot worse than you found him . <| sep |> I think the southern fetish for the American flag is a repression of their love for confederate flags and unnecessary wars . I for one think the war was not entirely unnecessary . It would be hard to justify the scorched earth policy today but the South had to be stopped . I am not saying I am either for or against human slavery . As the South says , the reason for secession doesn ' t matter . The question is whether the South had the right and therefore the leadership an obligation in order to protect their way of life to secede . I think the answer is a resounding no but that ' s just like my opinion because I think state governments are fubar . I support the idea of devolution of power from state to local government with some responsibilities being absorbed up to the federal level . Terms and conditions apply . Void if secession goes through anyway and succeeds . I mean some people say the Revolution had fewer than a third of all Americans supporting it with more than a third of the people actively against the declaration of independence .