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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:49 PM Original message |
early slavery in New England |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Indians enslaved each others, Africans did, Europeans, Romans, Chinese |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And as long as someone did something 400 years ago, |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. hush now, are you trying to ruin a holiday tradition? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Jeezus.....So a discussion of history is an "America is the Worst Country in the World" thread? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. ! |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 06:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Who did the |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Here you go: |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You should read |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So it comes down to semantics in some ways |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I think the term |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Here is the interesting point in it all though |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Brant wrote extensively. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And who was Brant? An Indian? (nt) |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Joseph Brant |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. First off, thank you for a civil discourse |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. A point. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Sure. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. "But mom! All the other kids did it!" |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Yes, recognize ours sins, and make sure it doesn't happen again |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The OP wasn't the ones making the comparisons... the detractors were the ones doing that. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Which am I conflating? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You have gone so far off the rails, it isn't even worth dealing with. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Haven't gone off the rails, not yet at least |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. When you are ready to have some compassion, and sound like an adult, let us know. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Really? Is being rude a part of the adult experience |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. NO ONE enslaved anyone on the scale or with the brutality of Western Europeans here .... |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. +100 |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. "By your logic no one has the right to complain about it?" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. That was 400 years ago. We SHOULD be speaking out against |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think everyone w/an intact ethical conscience should chastise slavery |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. "essentially declared the Pequot extinct by prohibiting speaking the name of the people" |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. I just picked up this t-shirt at the VFP convention in Portland: |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. What was their immigration policy - and did you note that they owned guns?? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Policy = they let in any riff-raff. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "Fighting Terrorism Since 1492" |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Although records are sketchy, it appears |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. All of my Puritan ancestors who |
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