It's something that is touched on in Bowling for Columbine in the cartoon short that is in the middle of it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzo9pOXa-s I think it is part of the revisionist history that seems to be very prominent in most "causes" Make the stats and the history lineup with your narrative regardless of what side you are on. Left and the Right do it. On a side note I decided to watch Bowling for Columbine the other day after not having seen it in 8 years or so. It amazed me that the thing could have come out last week. It was 11 years ago but everything seemed like it was pulled right out of yesterdays newspapers! -J.J. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jerry B. had a link the other day about things Americans should know about > the 2nd Amendment. It contained a short bit about slavery and the 2nd > Amendment. I just came across a really interesting article that seems to be > pretty well sourced talking about the discussions around the 2nd Amendment > and the concerns of Southern, slave-owning states. > > Interesting historical stuff and lots of great quotes from the likes of > George Mason. > > http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery > > I'd be interested in learning more as this isn't a bit of history I know > well. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
