(urth) The Politics of Gene Wolfe

[brunians at brunians.org]

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> Right.
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> Yes, of course it was. So what?
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> Do you actually have any information?
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> We can't know if you don't say what you're talking about---but of course
> you never do.
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> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>> They weren't.
>>
>> It was ordinary practice to arm your slaves when you moved about in
>> dangerous territory.
>>
>> You mistakenly believe that I am as ignorant as you.
>>
>> Please do not assume that you know in detail what I am talking about.
>>
>> Ask questions to elicit information.
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>> .
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>>> As was mine!
>>>
>>> I admit; I lied. I WAS being a little facetious.
>>>
>>> But I really don't think the Founders were concerned about armed white
>>> men killing blacks. First, the rhetoric hadn't heated up to the point
>>> where it was 100 years later. You could still teach black slaves to
>>> read. Second, they would have been more concerned, however
>>> unrealistically, about armed black slaves killing whites, but again see
>>> point #1. Indians were far more of a "problem" (i.e., scapegoat).
>>>
>>> Do you support slaveowners' right to arm themselves against slave
>>> uprisings? Do you support the right of slaves to arm themselves against
>>> their "owners"?
>>>
>>> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>>>
>>>> Of Reality, David, specifically as it manifests in human behavior.
>>>>
>>>> It is a rhetorical question.
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Of Brunianism? Very.
>>>>>
>>>>> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course fascism hadn't been invented yet. Nor had lynching and
>>>>>>> armed
>>>>>>> race riots.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> How ignorant are you, exactly?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .
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