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<P>Ted,</P>
<P>Do you think me hostile because I had work to do? I did point out that I didn't have time to clean up the post earlier; next time I shall pompously add, "I have terribly important appointments that will prevent me from cleaning up my prior post; why, I must be in Orofino by 4," in order to avoid any hard feelings.</P>
<P>It seems to me that you no longer make the claim that the statements that so charitably describe race relations in the antebellum South were taken out of context; instead you say that they correctly describe the situation, at least most of the time.</P>
<P>In other words, race relations in that period were superior to those of any other time and place, which I take to include our present time. Now, anti-miscegenation laws in the U.S. were not declared unconstitutional until the early 1960s (that meddling US Supreme Court, at it again.) Would my mixed marriage have been legal in the anti-bellum South? I don't think so, but maybe I'm the victim of the Goebbelesque campaign responsible for tarring the reputation of the South. I'm thinking that if I could not have married the lovely Anne-Marie back then and there, it would have cut way down on our mutual intimacy and harmony, but perhaps I'm wrong.</P>
<P>The pamphlet may not mourn the passing of slavery; I remain far more interested in the description of race relations in the South at the time, whether found in the pamphlet or in your post. If you are willing to cite the sources that support your description, I would like to see them; if not, I'd appreciate it if you could tell me who mentioned them in the December archive. I gave up looking, and I want to play with my kids now instead of looking further.</P>
<P>Sunil</P>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "Ted Ryan" <coffeemonkey100@hotmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>>To: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>>CC: <vision2020@moscow.com>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Earlier question
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:40:48 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>>Well, I will look at that. But you were the one who said "I think". You can go to the archives for that.
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<DIV></DIV>>I don't know why the attachment gets scrubbed, but it makes it more difficult to carry on a conversation when it is interrupted by code.
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<DIV></DIV>>A repost would have been a courteous thing to do, I am not sure why you are so hostile about this.
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<DIV></DIV>>Ted Ryan
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