"Anyone running around naked like an animal, not intelligent enough to have even invented protective clothing, and having a society which consisted of thatched huts and which had absolutely no technocracy, whose only sport was killing neighboring tribes - would naturally be considered something less evolved than the rest of humanity."
NATURALLY BE CONSIDERED AS SOMETHING LESS EVOLVED!! Because they responded appropriately to their environment?
"So all these "evil europeans" saw very little "evil" in taking these folks out of the jungles and into a "civilized" world where they would be clothed, fed and protected from the elements, and live twenty or thirty years longer than their villagers back home in Africa."
So reasonable people (I'm assuming your "evil europeans <sic>" was a slightly sarcastic phrase) couldn't tell it was "evil" to drag people away from their family and friends, chain them up, clothe them in a colder climate, work them as long as the sun shone, buy them, sell them, beat them, or whatever, because they, ostensibly, lived longer? REASONABLE PEOPLE??!!
Could someone write these paragraphs and then try to claim they not only WEREN’T RACIST but didn’t think slavery had been in the best interests of the slaves?
I will admit reasonable people can become tangled up with “selfish” and “enlightened self-interest”.
No ambiguity in other parts, though. Clinton couldn't escape the reasonable conclusion. GWHB couldn't say he must not have been aware, or out taking a leak when it was discussed.
No sense going any farther with this. It's beyond discussion.
Arf
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My, oh my!
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- Marxist professor teaches American politics
- Re: Marxist professor. More stuff.
- If you think that guy is bad, ....
- OK, well . . .
- Re: OK, well . . .
- Beyond belief! You won't have the guts to read this.
- Thanks, SDAI. Pretty much covered Bowser's feeble response. (n/t) (n/t)
- And in the process, Europeans slit their own throats.
- Re: OK, well . . .