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To: dsc
It seems that you can't imagine how a person could own slaves and still be a decent person in other regards. Southerners must be demons.

Most Southerners were not slaveowners.

Oh, I'm sure many slaveowners could be decent "in other regards". That's true of many people who engage in wrongdoing. That doesn't, however, excuse what they did. Neither does whitewashing the horrid instutution of slavery, as this pamphlet does.

I've learned a lot here today about some Freepers. I've been here since 1997 but I was still surprised today. We could go back and forth for days on this and not see eye to eye. But it's late here so, G'night.

164 posted on 12/12/2004 11:16:24 PM PST by saquin
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To: saquin

"I've learned a lot here today about some Freepers."

Well, no, I don't think you have. After everything I've written, you're still going on about "excusing" and "whitewashing," even though no one has attempted to do any excusing or whitewashing.

"We could go back and forth for days on this and not see eye to eye."

Apprently. I don't know what it would take. Seems to me you only see case A or case B, but the reality is case C.

"But it's late here so, G'night."

Good night.


166 posted on 12/13/2004 1:09:52 AM PST by dsc
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