Re: re Re: MDDM Washington
[email protected] Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:42:08 EDT
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--part1_11e.12f31b52.2a520a90_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 07/01/2002 12:25:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Otto: > >Agreed, my girlfriend said yesterday he's maybe saying that this escape > >might have been planned beforehand, she meant it in the sense that GW says > >that there hasn't been any trouble recently to explain the escape. > > You two ought to write a historical novel that shows how it might have > happened and subvert the mistaken popular belief that slavery is some kind > of evil, by showing how benevolent slave-holding is really a good thing, > not some feudalistic holdover that denies a slave a fundamental human right > -- you could make it really pomo and show how slavery is neither good nor > evil, it's just a matter of whether or not the property owner is a nice > human being, the pragmatic approach, you know, that leaves those property > and economic relationships untouched and expects that people will be nice > to each other out of enlightened self-interest and respect for property > values. > > > Bravo, Doug! Now maybe they'll shut up -- or better yet, get off the list. Oh, wouldn't that be a glorious day? Provocatively, jbf --part1_11e.12f31b52.2a520a90_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 07/01/2002 12:25:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Otto: <BR>>Agreed, my girlfriend said yesterday he's maybe saying that this escape <BR>>might have been planned beforehand, she meant it in the sense that GW says <BR>>that there hasn't been any trouble recently to explain the escape. <BR> <BR>You two ought to write a historical novel that shows how it might have <BR>happened and subvert the mistaken popular belief that slavery is some kind <BR>of evil, by showing how benevolent slave-holding is really a good thing, <BR>not some feudalistic holdover that denies a slave a fundamental human right <BR>-- you could make it really pomo and show how slavery is neither good nor <BR>evil, it's just a matter of whether or not the property owner is a nice <BR>human being, the pragmatic approach, you know, that leaves those property <BR>and economic relationships untouched and expects that people will be nice <BR>to each other out of enlightened self-interest and respect for property <BR>values. <BR></XMP></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0f0f0f" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> <BR> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> <BR>Bravo, Doug! Now maybe they'll shut up -- or better yet, get off the list. Oh, wouldn't that be a glorious day? <BR> <BR>Provocatively, <BR> <BR>jbf</FONT></HTML> --part1_11e.12f31b52.2a520a90_boundary--