Geoff Flight wrote: Hi Geoff!
The implication is in your head not mine. It doesn't matter, they both got what was coming to them. By the way, when slavery ended in America a number of former "African American" slaves emigrated to Africa and founded Liberia. What was their first priority when they got there? > By disputing a minor issue (like who did the actual kidnapping) you make a > implication that this in some way changes the guilt of the slave owners. > Who is talking about justification, you? > >> That is an interesting justification for slavery. Buying slaves off other >> traders makes you equally guilty by any rational thought pattern. >> Ed Leafe wrote: >>> On Nov 26, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Geoff Flight wrote: >>> >>>> We can always trade racism in our respective countries. Your history >>>> is stained with blood and slavery. >>> >>> I don't understand the comparison. Both the USA and Australia >>> decimated the aboriginal populations. Only the USA kidnapped slaves >>> from other lands, brought them here, and enslaved them. >> Really? African slaves were transported over at least three routes to >> countries OTHER THAN the US well into the 19th century and it may even >> be that the practice continues to a limited extent. It has also been my >> impression that the kidnapping was done by other Africans. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_slave_trade -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
