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Re: constitutional discussion (was:Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
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Fri, 4 Jun 1999 14:52:35 GMT
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Richard Dee wrote:
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> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:50:20 GMT, Christopher L. Weeks uttered the following
> profundities...
> > > But horses are non-humanoid quadrapeds, and slaves were in
> > > fact bipedal humanoid. The only difference between slaves and
> > > non-slaves were skin kerotin levels.
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> > I agree that the distinction was foolish, and it was clear that some
> > (Jefferson possibly) slave owners purposfully deluded themselves because
> > they had it so good with slaves. nontheless, I think that is the
> > explanation of why slaves didn't count in the eyes of the constitution.
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> They did get a lot of other things correct, though. A shame
> it took another 109 years for the world to become re-
> enlightened. (Cuba in 1898 I believe was the last country to
> have slavery, discounting Alabama(?) in September 1998! (When
> the statute was finally removed.))
And everyone is going to tremble when Alabama gets the bomb...
--
Frank Filz
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