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Those *dangerous* Korean War relics
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. He was interviewed by Brian Lamb, this would have been before 9/11/2001, could have been several years earlier. I don't remember his name and don't care to spend a lot of time on Google looking for the results. As you say, somebody will remember the name of the book or the author and then you can apologize to me. -- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. some support http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties. "Gary Drescher" wrote in message . .. | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | news:Aprgg.26077$ZW3.7447@dukeread04... | Not Sowell and the "glad" statement was his direct thought | in the book and when I saw him on C-SPAN. | | Human memory distorts recollections in the direction of our expectations. So | if you harbor the disgusting expectation that African Americans are (or | should be) "glad" their ancestors were enslaved, then your memory of what | you think you read will be influenced in that direction. | | If the book passage you believe you read (and cited approvingly) were really | to exist, then you or someone else here would be able to find it. It would | be such an outrageous sentiment that a Google search would easily uncover | copious discussion of it. | | --Gary | | "Gary Drescher" wrote in message | . .. | | "Jim Macklin" wrote | in message | | news:tcqgg.26072$ZW3.9062@dukeread04... | | I can't think of his name right now, but there is a | black | | reporter for the Wall Street Journal who wrote a book | about | | how glad his ancestors were slaves in America, so he | doesn't | | have to live in Africa. | | | | You are presumably thinking of Thomas Sowell, a columnist | (not reporter) for | | the Wall Street Journal who has argued against | reparations. | | | | But while Sowell does mention that (of course) he is | better off in America | | than in Africa, he certainly does *not* express gratitude | about his | | ancestors' captivity; on the contrary, he condemns that | atrocity in the | | strongest terms. | | | | The idea that even the most conservative black scholar | could be "glad" his | | ancestors were enslaved is purely a product of your own | twisted, racist, | | slavery-rationalizing imagination. | | | | --Gary | | | | | | | | |
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