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To: bruinbirdman
Woods shows that the federal government, far from being the protector of the rights of minorities, has been the main obstacle on the path to liberty.

The truth of this is so obvious I'm surprised the reviewer found it surprising.

But, one might object to this account, was not the American settlement conceived in sin? How can one say that Americans always sought to live freely when the earliest Puritan settlers began their "free" society by theft of Indian lands?

A truly asinine comment from the reviewer. There is no connection between the previous statement and this childish PC carping. In fact, the reviwer's PC whine is pointless in any context.

4 posted on 12/29/2004 12:56:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe you missed his point. His review implied that others might make this claim, and then immediately refutes it.
Then again, maybe I misunderstood your comment.


10 posted on 12/29/2004 1:16:50 PM PST by MagnumRancid
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To: BenLurkin

If the Indians owned those lands first-Let's see the deeds, showing that the Indians bought the lands from their predecessors.


16 posted on 12/29/2004 2:32:32 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (I resolve for 2005, to live my life as I would be if I had kept all my previous resolutions.)
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