On 25 Nov 2003, R. D. Davis wrote:
> Funny thing, I don't see why some people are so sensitive to this
> issue and slavery in the U.S. Look at how many whites came over to
> the U.S. as intentured servants, or how many had ancestors in places
> like Greece and Rome who were slaves, etc. All of the sniveling over
> slavery in the U.S. is so childish, particulary when one considers
> that their own people (or members of warring tribes who captured them)
> sold them to the slave traders at a nice profit... and let's not
> forget that there were some very wealthy black slave traders and
> plantation owners in the U.S. as well. Of course, the politically
> correct won't tell that side of the story, they just want to tell the
> politically correct half-truths.
Screw the politically correct then. Stick it in the Wikipedia! :)
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