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Those *dangerous* Korean War relics
"Jonathan" wrote in message
... Gary Drescher wrote: So you, too, believe the US was a free country until 1864, but not after? Define "free country" and what makes a country "free" or not. It's obviously an overall judgment that weighs many different factors. The point is that in Matt's surreal opinion, having a legally imposed institution of slavery is not a significant enough violation of inalienable rights to disqualify a country from being free. Moreover, the nation's freedom, in Matt's opinion, decreased precipitously at around the time of the Civil War--to the point that, on the whole, he judges the US to have been a free country before then, but not after. Such are Matt's values. --Gary |
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Recently, Matt Barrow posted:
"Neil Gould" wrote in message Recently, Jim Macklin posted: Importation of slaves was illegal in the USA after 1807, but ownership was still legal. The South's economy was based on hand labor agriculture, cotton. A lot of white people fought and died to free the slaves. A lot of Southerners fought and died to preserve their life-style. Both were honorable. So, you believe it is honorable to fight and die to preserve the ability to own people as property? Gee...isn't hindsight beautiful? Wanna bet a months pay which side you'd have been on IN REAL TIME? Bet that145 years ago, you'd been "Massa". As a matter of historical fact, my ancestors were not "Massa" as far back as the early 1700s, which is about as far back as I've been able to trace them. We can make arrangements for you to send your month's pay to me later. Neil |
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I just had to get it off my chest.
"Matt Barrow" wrote in message ... | | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | newswCgg.26386$ZW3.16305@dukeread04... | You're so full of crap, YOU make assumptions and condemn | others without anything but your opinion and guilt. FO. | | He's been listening to Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Major Owens, | birds-of-a-feather with GD in the middle of the moonbat nest. | | |
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I never mention any such thing.
"Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | news:WKCgg.26391$ZW3.12835@dukeread04... | I stated that freedom was lost in 1968. | | Yes, my post was in reply to Matt, who said the US ceased to be a free | country in 1864. (Similarly, the Civil War was the earliest event Steven | listed when asked to explain his remark that the US had ceased to be a free | country.) | | 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, | | You cited his extremist position (as you remembered it) in support of an | argument against reparations, and you cited it without any expressed | reservations. That context makes it an "approving citation", as that term is | ordinarily used. (But yes, merely arguing against reparations is by no means | an extremist or inherently racist position.) | | --Gary | | |
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People were killed in "Bloody Kansas" for lots or reasons
that make little sense today. wrote in message ups.com... | | Matt Barrow wrote: | "Neil Gould" wrote in message | om... | Recently, Jim Macklin posted: | | Importation of slaves was illegal in the USA after 1807, but | ownership was still legal. The South's economy was based on | hand labor agriculture, cotton. A lot of white people | fought and died to free the slaves. A lot of Southerners | fought and died to preserve their life-style. Both were | honorable. | | The petitions issued from the south prior to 1861 all regarded TARIFFS that | were deliberatley put in place to favor the industrial north. | | Nobody killed anyone in bloody Kansas over tariffs. | | How about petitions issued from the North, calling for the aboltion | of slavery? | | Do you think any southern politician would have agreed to a compromise | abolishing both? Pretty much every abolitionist would have jumped | at that opportunity. | | | | So, you believe it is honorable to fight and die to preserve the ability | to own people as property? | | Gee...isn't hindsight beautiful? Wanna bet a months pay which side you'd | have been on IN REAL TIME? Bet that145 years ago, you'd been "Massa". | | Dunno about him, but 145 years ago my great-great gandfather, an | Irish immigrant, enlisted with the Ohio 41st volunteer infantry. | | -- | | FF | |
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Do you have the transcript? I don't, but I remember what I
heard. I have not read the book, what I heard was in an interview on C-SPAN. wrote in message oups.com... | | Jim Macklin wrote: | 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. | | | More to the point, the transcript does not support | what you said. | | I'm glad my ancestors were brought to this country, and | that has nothing to do wiht them being enslaved. | | -- | | FF | |
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:0%Hgg.26414$ZW3.10802@dukeread04... I never mention any such thing. Any such thing as what? --Gary "Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | news:WKCgg.26391$ZW3.12835@dukeread04... | I stated that freedom was lost in 1968. | | Yes, my post was in reply to Matt, who said the US ceased to be a free | country in 1864. (Similarly, the Civil War was the earliest event Steven | listed when asked to explain his remark that the US had ceased to be a free | country.) | | 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, | | You cited his extremist position (as you remembered it) in support of an | argument against reparations, and you cited it without any expressed | reservations. That context makes it an "approving citation", as that term is | ordinarily used. (But yes, merely arguing against reparations is by no means | an extremist or inherently racist position.) | | --Gary | | |
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Recently, Jim Macklin posted:
I said the people who fought on both sides of the Civil War were honorable people. You've also said that slavery was wrong. How can one be "honorable" if one is fighting to preserve something that is wrong? I've never been a "redneck with a Confederate flag" on my car. I do not have any desire to own slaves, but I don't have any false ideas about why slavery existed either. I didn't accuse you of being a redneck, etc... I'm just curious about how you're framing your notions of honor and equating real slavery to a lack of vision about one's options, as in the example you gave about low wage earners in company towns. Neil |
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"Jim Macklin" wrote:
The UN and the Muslim religion support slavery. While Islam appears to at least tolerate slavery, the United Nations technically does not support slavery: "Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948 .... Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. ...." http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html The UN has of course been somewhat impotent in doing much about slavery, but it has been impotent in addressing many other matters also. Hard to see how impotence becomes "support". My local police are impotent against lots of robberies - I'd hardly translate that impotence into a statement claiming the police support robbery. For other material from the UN that indicates it at least tracks and understands the extent of slavery, see also: http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/slavery/index.html |
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Jonathan wrote:
Gary Drescher wrote: So you, too, believe the US was a free country until 1864, but not after? Define "free country" and what makes a country "free" or not. A fee country is one where you have to pay for everything. That'll be $10 please. |
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