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just to clear this up a bit, the mason dixon line doesn't have a damn thing to do with north and south fools. all it does is define the border between pennsylvania and maryland. slavery was allowed from latitude 36* 30 minutes which defines the "south" as you fools are using it.
so technically paul, i believe you are a "yankee" and kirby is a tard for saying something about chatanooga.
Ive always termed the "South" as the 11 Confederate states (plus the 5 or 6 States the CSA claimed but were never actually a part of the group) and anywhere else as the North and out West. To my mind Maryland IS in the North but if you plot the Mason Dixon line Dan is 10000% correct and Maryland is South of the Mason Dixon line.
Kirby as usual youre a *****ing moron. Chattanooga TN is no where near the boundary of N vs S. Hell, its even further South than Richmond and then theres that pesky State of Kentucky youre forgetting about. Dont mess with me on Confederate history!
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The Mason–Dixon Line (or Mason and Dixon's Line) was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. It forms a demarcation line among four U.S. states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (then part of Virginia). In popular usage, especially since the Missouri Compromise of 1820 (apparently the first official use of the term "Mason's and Dixon's Line"), the Mason–Dixon Line symbolizes a cultural boundary between the Northern United States and the Southern United States (Dixie).
Maryland was kind of split in half as far as the residents were concerned during the Civil war. It also brings teh funnay to me that the "southerners" assume I'm a yuppie when I come down that way because I live in Maryland. "rednecks" don't just live in the South, you ******** Karl, for example, lives in yuppy ville in the South, while I live in a little pocket of redneckville - even though we're surrounded by darkness up the street. :shrug: