On Sep 10, 11:20*am, Fred the Red Shirt
wrote:
On Sep 10, 10:26*am, Tim Daneliuk wrote:

...

As a matter of law, you're absolutely right. *To remove the evil of slavery,
we had to sacrifice limited government, the rule of law, the Constitution,
and, arguably, our future. *Perhaps this is our divine punishment for
ever trading in humans.

Slavery has been aptly referred to as the original sin of the
United States.


I've always found that a bit of a laugher. The U.S. was far from the
only country to use slaves--hell, several do today. The supplies of
slaves came, often on British ships, from Africa where tribesmen and
women were gathered by Arab slave traders, or, at times, by their own
continent-mates who had beaten them in battle or otherwise acquired
power over them.

Yet it's the original sin of the U.S.

Actually, it's not a laugher. It's a sad commentary on the fact that
too many Americans tend to take the total blame for everything wrong
with the U.S. throughout history, when the blame deserves to be
shared.