Fascinating read! Of course I WANT it to all be true because it does fit my personal narrative, so I will need to do more research because it is almost too good to be true :-)
-J.J. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wonder about the "revisionist history" thing myself but the fundamental > problem is that people on most sides of an issue are attempting it all > together and it changes over time so you end up with revisions of revisions > and it can be hard to figure out what really happened. > > And, of course, the situation back then was complex as well. I'm sure that > there were probably some people who were advocating for the 2nd amendment > as a means of maintaining control over slave holdings and there were some > people that were advocating for it for entirely different reasons. > > The biggest mistake I think that people tend to make is saying "the > Founding Fathers believed in X, Y and Z". They were a diverse group who > argued and fought and compromised and were not always sure what they really > wanted, just like today. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM, J.J. Merrick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 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:360344 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
