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To: lqclamar
Not really. The level of toxins in 1st world rivers seldom compare to those in 3rd world rivers.

It looks and smells like a toxic waste dump in places, so...

Virtually any in the proximity of a civil war or sectarian violence. . Mogadishu comes to mind as a notable example from the recent news.

Which cities, specifically? You have suggested that most African cities are lawless.

That was Tommy Johnson. You have your musicians confused.

The story about Johnson is anecdotally attributed to him, but this is beside the point. Are you denying Robert Johnson's recordings are not among the genre's "more celebrated examples"?

I'll note once again that the slaveowners have all been dead for over a century, which begs the question once again: what are you going to do to punish them?

I believe the legal reasoning cited here is that it is a crime to profit from a crime.

The colonial power that has the resources and interest to come in and clean up the place.

So basically, you don't believe that people have the inalienable right to liberty. Interesting.

478 posted on 02/03/2007 7:35:04 PM PST by zimdog
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To: zimdog
It looks and smells like a toxic waste dump in places

Actually the Mississippi is a fairly consistent brackish mud color along its navigable length, the majority of this consisting of silt. The smell is more like a swamp.

Which cities, specifically? You have suggested that most African cities are lawless.

Again, Mogadishu is probably the most notable example in the news right now. Other recent favorites of roving bandits and revolutionaries include Freetown, Monrovia, and Kinshasha.

The story about Johnson is anecdotally attributed to him,

No. Tommy Johnson was the one who often jokingly claimed he traded his soul to the devil for his guitar. Any association of it with Robert was by mistake of his shared last name with Tommy. Of course your original point was to form an analogy between Tommy Johnson and current rap lyrics about gang rape, which is an absurd comparison considering that the former was a fable he told about himself and the latter consists of graphic descriptions of a violent criminal act.

I believe the legal reasoning cited here is that it is a crime to profit from a crime.

Since most plantations were obliterated or driven to ruin during the civil war, you'll find very few people alive today who profitted from slavery. Thank you for showing your reparationist colors though.

So basically, you don't believe that people have the inalienable right to liberty.

Never said anything of the sort. I will note though that the liberty afforded to the inhabitants of an unstable region by a colonizing power is almost always greater in comparison to the liberty afforded by the third world dictators that emerge in its place. Once again your hero Robert Mugabe is a clear example of why this is so.

480 posted on 02/03/2007 8:07:35 PM PST by lqclamar
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