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Topic | "Maybe it's not to late to learn how to love and forget how to hate" |
darkknight109 08/01/19 10:11:41 AM #8: | kind9 posted... Don't blame America, blame Christianity. Slavery is condoned in the bible. Which also stipulates that you're supposed to set slaves free after 7 years and treat them well, two things the Americans of old never did. So yes, it very much is an American thing - other predominantly Christian nations (along with much of the non-Christian world) had mostly already outlawed slavery or were rapidly headed that way at the time America decided to start it up. The US was very much a "late bloomer" in that regard. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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