Catching up slowly with postage... >-- jdiebremse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote:
[Dan? I'm not recalling exactly-] > > > One of the ideas that came from the > > >Enlightenment is that "all men are > > > created equal." That concept means that the > > > differences in intelligence, > > > race, religion, age, are superficial differences > > > when discussing human > > > rights. We are all endowed with equal rights > > > (most think that the use of > > > the word "men" was not intended to exclude > > > women as having no rights)..no > > > matter how different we are. > > > > Just going to point out that Africans *didn't* > count > > as full human (3/5s of a person, I believe was > > specified, in the matter of population, although > > of course they did not get 3/5s of a vote in > elections) > > to certain framers of the Constitution [#] I don't recall what I said exactly in the # comment, but I think it was something like the last sentence of my paragragh below. > In fairness, my recollection is that it was the > people who believed > that Africans *were* fully human, and who thus were > anti-slavery, > who argued for the 3/5ths clause. I believe it was > the people who > were pro-slavery that opposed the 3/5ths clause. <wry> Is this humor? > Otherwise, white slave-holders would have had their > voting weight in > Congress fully accounting for their non-voting > slaves. The hypocrisy of having votes for 'non-human-beings' still stands. And women were sub-human WRT rights until the 20th century. But postponing the war over slavery was essential to the establishment of the United States, so it was probably a necessary evil - for which we continue to pay a heavy price daily. Debbi Lived In LA During The Watts Riots Maru __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
