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To: Kid Rock who wrote (14252)	12/11/1997 9:22:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Thomas, Freddy did answer the question about slavery. I think he feels offended, in fact, that I pressed him for an answer, because he is an honorable person and is probably hurt that anyone would assume he could support such a system. It is SO hard to tell when people are kidding, or being serious, or telling a joke, or trying to kill each other with their words around here. I asked for an answer because there are so many people reading these threads, and I don't want to be responsible for anyone being hurt, even through a misunderstanding, unless of course they have been rude to me for months and I just cannot take it anymore!!!! Everyone seems to be one big frayed nerve at the moment!!! I am totally involved this evening with a school visit--my daughter is applying to eight or nine high schools, and this is the weirdest process I've experienced in a long time. But I will be back later tonight, or tomorrow at the latest, to lend a little soothing, nurturing energy. One of the things about threads at S.I. is that they are alive, dynamic, and can be wonderful or fall apart in an instant just like real life. Perhaps that is why we are so fascinated by the process--I don't know. I hope you realize my comment about the erotic possibilities of labor was part of a back and forth banter with Alex, whom I feel really comfortable with, and not some salacious bragging or anything. It is really hard, as I said, to tell when people are offended, and I really push the envelope sometimes because I have a rollicking sense of humor, a liberal San Francisco, anything-goes writing style, and probably too much free time on my hands!!!!!!!!

To: Kid Rock who wrote (14252)	12/11/1997 9:39:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>"Do/would you support slavery in a confederate nation??"<< Are you OJ's brother? Are you the one who "stole" his Heismann Trophy? Mr. Goldman is looking for it. Don't make me have to say: >>"You are guilty of not answering a question."<< Jim

To: Kid Rock who wrote (14252)	12/11/1997 9:47:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Respond to of 108807

Since I never advocated slavery, I don't presume that I am "guilty of not answering the question". I'm not in the habit of defending opinions that I don't voice, and I don't see any reason to start doing so now. I discussed the fact that slavery's economic rationale was vanishing in the 1860s, and the institution would have ended shortly without the Civil War, just as it did in all of the rest of the western hemisphere. Robert E. Lee disliked slavery, and wasn't leading the Confederate Army because of any love for the institution of slavery. My interest in the Confederacy has to do with the question of limits on centralized political power, and not with the question of slavery.