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Slavery was already around nearly two centuries before the founding fathers.
Prostitution had been around for five millenia. :roll:
Slavery was already around nearly two centuries before the founding fathers.
:rofl
Someone came back to life and now rules as a supreme being over us and judges us by what we do and then sends us to someplace in reprisal.
It's funny to read - somewhat disturbing to realize that people actually believe it.
What stopped them?
"It is now illegal to own and traffic human beings."
:roll:
Goddamn dude! If the founding fathers woulda been of the Jedi religion then our foundation woulda been built on Jedi. It doesn't mean you have to worship Jedi, you could worship Buddha if you wanted.
That's like trying to argue that since the "Founding fathers" were white Europeans, that we therefore are a white/anglo country. :doh:doh:doh
You know what amazes me? That anybody cares what the founders thought. Just because they were pioneers doesn't mean we ought to follow them forever.
They needed to get the Constitution ratified by the South. That wouldn't have happened if they'd abolished slavery right off the bat.
Yes......and most of our Founders would be very happy about that.
Yeah yeah, and?
1. They didn't get slavery abolished even though most wanted to.
What's the second Founders idea that you disagree with?
They could have done it.
Women's suffrage.
Dude that was a ridiculous analogy.
Which southern states are you talking about?
Oh really? How would the Consitution have been ratified?
Which southern states are you talking about?
I asked you first.
Alright genius, Then what religion was this country built on?
Agreed.
Anything besides civil rights and social issues? Do you agree with the foundation of our government (small central government, state sovereignty, no income tax, etc.)?
This country wasn't BUILT on any religion. It was built by religious people who were intelligent and wise enough to build it on a foundation of religious neutrality.
Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina threatened to leave the Convention if slave trade was banned.
It worked on a micro level. The macro level that our country has grown into would make it ineffective.