[Vision2020] Aaaaaa! Slavery!

[Tom Hansen]

I agree totally, Ms Huskey.

If it looks like defecation and smells like defecation, chances are . . .

Tom Hansen
Moscow


-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of Melynda Huskey
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:10 PM
To: Jeremy Downey; vision2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Aaaaaa! Slavery!


Dear Jeremy:

I am myself descended from slaveowners--Pennsylvania Quaker slaveowners, I
say with sorrow and regret.  I am married to a descendant of North Carolina
slave owners.  Using your argument, nothing I say can be construed as
revealing a bias against slave owners, since I have a fondness for both
myself and for Joan.  Do you see the difficulty now?

It was Doug Wilson, in the Daily News, who asserted that the purpose of his
tract was to defend slavery as a Biblical institution.  If that's not true,
and his purpose was to right an historical wrong, I have to ask again, what
kind of person looks at the institution of slavery in the U.S. and says to
himself, "You know, those slave owners got a bad rap.  Everybody feels sorry
for the slaves, sure--but who's speaking up on behalf of those fine
traffickers in human beings, the owners?"

The modern historical establishment regularly re-engages the question of
slavery--witness the brouhaha over *Time on the Cross.*  Don't fool yourself
that the Wilson/Wilkins tract is part of any serious research on the
subject, though.  It's on a par with the work of David Irving.

Melynda Huskey



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