NEWS: Finally! A White Film Critic Explains Slavery

Shit , why not ask do most adults read today ? I feel pretty safe in saying if that little survey was done where I work the answer would be less then 20% do . Too many folks think of reading as a waste of their time . Sad but true .

Childrens do learn.

That's a very good point.

What point are you trying to make with this remark?

That in a scant six pages of this thread I'd seen at least four posts saying, almost verbatim:

Despite the fact that it's been exposed as a false dilemma every time it's been brought up.

Apparently I'm too subtle. That's something I never would have imagined.

I don't think you're too subtle, I think you just need to clarify more. Are you saying that I should have read the scant six pages before I posted or that if I read I would know better than to present a false dilemma?

Don't listen to 'im Z. You'll always be too subtle to me

Yes.

2. SLAVERY EXISTED ONLY BRIEFLY, AND IN LIMITED LOCALES, IN THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC - INVOLVING ONLY A TINY PERCENTAGE OF THE ANCESTORS OF TODAY'S AMERICANS.


kind of explains everything doesn't it?..... they are the ones still in charge!


well come to nazi germany
hope you like the taste of dick.

Did you know Lincoln suspended habeas corpus?!?!

Dude, have you seen this movie Zeitgeist? It totally blew my mind.

I was happy just living my life not knowing dick had a taste.

Ron Paul would never do that!

Paul '08!

I just came across this, and hooooooly shit this thread is on fire.

It is part of history, we can't blot it out and forget it. Some of my ancestors may have owned slaves once; it does worry me, but I like to believe the reason I personally shouldn't feel guilt is because I'm better than that. I like to believe that I am working towards building a better world, a better ideology. Somehow making amends through my deeds rather than spending each day weeping into my pillow.

Slavery is a force for evil, always has been. I'm just curious as to how Medved is saying America is less culpable than anyone else. Please. Britain conquered half the known world in a huge, arrogant colonialist fashion and took tons of slaves. Nobody is hiding that, we've accepted our national historical role in slavery - and it's not a pleasant one. Then again, everybody did. France, Spain...although I won't expand it out of black slavery, so many nations took slaves it's almost embarasing. There's a lot of shit that had to be answered for. But for Medved to say that somehow America is less guilty than anywhere else? That's kind of....crap.

'White Guilt' ......Well....Dunno. I'm not feeling guilty about BEING white, if that's what the term means. It does not mean that I look back in the past and say 'Well, Slavery was a bit of a bad patch, let's forget about it.' though.

Slavery was and is a horrible thing, and there's probably enough guilt to go around. While the US might bear the lion's share, I think we should pass at least some along to all the European nations who supplied us with all those slaves.

You could probably try something by John Locke; that would fit nicely with the subject of slavery, as he was a shareholder in the Royal African Company.

Read "Second Treatise on Government" by Locke, it's actually very interesting.

"Is our children learning?"

Fuck all that, did you know drinking too much water can kill you?

+1.

Precisely.

Did you know Sheep are organising to take over governments around the world in one precise and coordinated move?

please check into his record with the environment and womens rights before endorsing...

There is something very rich about an Australian criticizing American race relations

Why would you say that? Everyone knows America is the only racist country in the world. Certainly nations like Australia and Canada have nothing to be ashamed of. Certainly not their treatment of their aboriginal people.

Dude. Running gag.

You have killed the magic.