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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: SecularBull who wrote (120017)	12/29/2000 1:44:11 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) of 769667

Jefferson actively condemned slave owners yet did not free his own slaves. He was considered kind and good by the people who lived at his plantation at Montecello. Recently he has gotten a lot of criticism and is considered a hypocrite especially by the revisionists. For such a deeply committed stand (all men are created equal...endowed with inalienable rights); it seems odd that he would not have been the first to send his own slaves to freedom. As one digs a little deeper (which you should always do when things don't look right on the surface) you see that Jefferson worried that the slaves of his plantation were dependant on him. He searched for a solution that would give them a decent life and found none off the plantation. He remained committed to changing the system that had brought this about and went to his death in bankruptcy largely because he was not able to afford to keep slaves on the plantation. But, it was his opinion that freeing them would do more harm to them than good. This bankrutcy occurred at everyones surprise. In all of his affairs Jefferson was an compulsive records keeper. Yet no one is able to explain why he went so far in debt while keeping people at Montecello. No one debates the fact that he was the strongest critic of slavery, condemning the practice and the slave owners who continued it. Jefferson is believed to have expressed a great love for the people at the Montecello plantation and to have been deeply in love with at least one. A modern day analogy might be this. Many people blame Global warming on the burning of fossil fuels. I suspect you would agree with them. At what point in life did you stop riding in cars or using fossil fuel to heat your home? If you are an advocate against burning more fossil fuels I suspect that you are searching for a solution that will not do more harm than good. If one doesn't come along you will continue using the internal combustion engine. I maintain my position that any man who will take a stand against the cultural status quo (for a just cause) is moral. I can't believe how many people I see on this thread who always take a predictable stand based on what ever party they got tagged with the first time they ever voted.

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