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Comment on Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Politically Incorrect Guide To American History Â« the View From Here « Swedish Christmas

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:30 +0000

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Comment on Hate by GreenRanchingMom

GreenRanchingMom — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:35:59 +0000

Wow! Very thought provoking!! I have just recently met a gay couple [with children] who are wonderful & great parents. They have made me question my views. Just the way you do!! Isn’t it great Sabbath that we all get to have our own views?!

Comment on Hate by sarahtar

sarahtar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:54:52 +0000

I’m not sure that my personal opinion on the matter is important or necessarily relevant to this post.

Comment on Hate by Sabbath

Sabbath — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:29:10 +0000

Question – based on the analogy you used, am I to assume that you believe two gay people getting married is somehow dangerous?

Comment on An interesting thought about slavery and racism. by Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:43:58 +0000

I agree, the war was definitely not about slavery. The only thing good that came from the Civil war was the end of slavery. The Federal government gained way too much power at the expense of state’s rights.
I can not remember the source of this statistic, but only about 20% of the African American population can claim slave ancestry. I am sure there is more to this, like would coming to the United States from Haiti or the Dominican Republic count as a slavery background? Or is it only counting those who were slaves in the US.

Comment on An interesting thought about slavery and racism. by sarahtar

sarahtar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:06:26 +0000

(Plus, the Civil War wasn’t fought over slavery. The North, as a whole, would have been just as happy either way. The disagreements leading up to the Civil War over slavery were really about power… and the Civil War was absolutely about State’s Rights… and whether states could leave the Union. They COULD, and Lincoln and the North were wrong.)

Comment on An interesting thought about slavery and racism. by sarahtar

sarahtar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:02:11 +0000

However, that is precisely how slavery ended in Brazil. It was abolished in Ceara in 1884 (a Brazilian state), and slaves ran away to Ceara…. leading to the value of slaves falling dramatically, and slavery was completely ended 4 years later.

Comment on An interesting thought about slavery and racism. by Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:38:31 +0000

I can not help but play devil’s advocate. That argument is similar to saying that the Nazi’s would have eventually run out of Jews to kill and thus ended the Holocaust.
I guess I think that sometimes action needs to be taken to protect innocent lives.

Comment on IPTV’s new fall schedule by Sylke

Sylke — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:22:47 +0000

How funny, Sid was just on here and suddeny i decided that was enough tv. I don’t mind them watching it so much, because my kids enjoy it, but Mae’s voice just makes me angry. And yes, i have the same issue with the “magic treehouse” cd’s, my son has one but I have hidden it because the athor’s voice makes me want to kick and scream, especially when she does the girls voice. Arrggh!
I’m just happy to see i’m not the only person who feels this way!

Comment on wondering by GreenRanchingMom

GreenRanchingMom — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:22:16 +0000

I like the political comments! I like learning WHY other people have different (or in this case, mostly the same) viewpoints.