I stated that freedom was lost in 1968. Also, I was not
defending any "right-wing extremist" position. I did
recount the interview and the answer that the author made, I
was not characterizing his answer to a question, The
author, Keith Richburg said he was thankful his ancestors
had been brought to this country so he never had to live in
Africa. I would say that "brought to" is slavery.

I'm sure that if I had the money and time to waste, I could
get a transcript or even the tape of the interview. But I
will just drop the issue since it isn't worth my time to
argue about what you think.



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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
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http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
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"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
. ..
| "Matt Barrow" wrote in message
| ...
|
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote in message
| news:rXrgg.26079$ZW3.1474@dukeread04...
| Gee, I'm sorry that I didn't write out all the details,
but
| my memory is accurate. I have no guilt or
expectations.
| The reporter had been on assignment in Africa and was
very
| glad he didn't have to live there.
|
| Keith Richburg
| http://capmag.com/article.asp?id=799
|
|
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...067579-4302305
|
| Yes, Richburg says he is glad his ancestors came to
America. But that is not
| the same as his being glad they were enslaved (even if
that is in fact how
| they got here).
|
| As I pointed out earlier, a Jewish person might similarly
be glad his
| ancestors ended up in America, but without thereby being
grateful for the
| holocaust that forced their migration. There's a *huge*
difference.
|
| It would be monstrous for a person to be glad that a
massive atrocity
| occurred just because, as a side effect, it left him
personally better off
| than he believes he otherwise would have been (not to
mention that the
| comparison is nonsensical--if history had gone differently
than it actually
| did, then no one would exist who actually exists now;
there'd be an entirely
| different set of people).
|
| Above all, what's astonishing is for someone here to
*approvingly* cite that
| inaccurately-recalled monstrous sentiment while trying to
defend the
| extremist right-wing position that America was a "free
country" until 1864
| but not afterward.
|
| --Gary
|
|