"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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That's very progressive of you, Steven. But it doesn't quite jibe with
your earlier post today, in which you listed the Civil War as the first
point at which the US "ceased to be a free country"--which would only be
possible if it had been a free country *until* then.


I didn't say the Civil War was the first point at which the US "ceased to
be a free country".