Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Ditto
"How could he do that without denying that blacks were persons?"

It depends on what the meaning of "person" is. I deliberately put that in the form of the notorius Clintonism (of which you recently spuriously accused me) but it isn't one. The word "person" has several senses and saying (rightly or wrongly) that someone is not a person is not necessariily the same thing as saying they are not a human.

165 posted on 04/30/2002 4:00:50 PM PDT by Aurelius
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 163 | View Replies ]


To: Aurelius
The word "person" has several senses and saying (rightly or wrongly) that someone is not a person is not necessariily the same thing as saying they are not a human.

I think Taney's imitators in Roe v Wade said something like that too, but is that what your really think? How can a "person" not be a "human"?

167 posted on 04/30/2002 4:44:33 PM PDT by Ditto
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 165 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson