[bushfamfan]

Would you really argue that the United States was not acting as a thug with slavery? Dred Scott, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and an institution that was continuing on with much pain and suffering and a black mark on this nation as a beacon of freedom?

[Arkinsaw]

Would you really argue that the United States was not acting as a thug with slavery? Dred Scott, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and an institution that was continuing on with much pain and suffering and a black mark on this nation as a beacon of freedom?

What I argue is is that regardless of how you answer those questions it makes zero difference in the judgment of John Brown's actions.

Did the US government act thugishly at Waco? Yes. Did that give Tim McVeigh the right to cruelly slay an innocent Bailey Almon and others? No.

No matter what the answer to your question it does not let John Brown off the hook.

There is no evil way to do good and no good way to do evil.

[BnBlFlag]

With your attitude I can’t see why you’re a “bushfamfan”. While the Bushes are Yankees through and through, except for Laura, I doubt that they would support John Brown. Brown was the Che Guevera of his day.