17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
hallam@Etna.ai.mit.edu writes:
On 19 Jul 1996 19:51:39 Hallam-Baker wrote
It is no coincidence that the Tree of Liberty needs to be watered with blood on occasion.
Nope, that wasn't me who said that. I don't normally quote the words of slave owners on the subject of liberty.
No one would ever accuse you of supporting freedom, Phill. I'm sure it was an accident. (BTW, Jefferson's slaves were inherited and an an entailment clause in the will prevented him from freeing them during his lifetime. Not, of course, that this matters -- the idea of confusing the messenger and the message is the ad hominem fallacy.) Perry