tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15483635.post114192782656855515..comments2023-11-02T09:50:39.527-04:00Comments on Hate, Hope & Human Rights: Buldozing over with democracyDr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652880358815392918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15483635.post-1143138772759233662006-03-23T13:32:00.000-05:002006-03-23T13:32:00.000-05:00Belma……I have a very hard time grasping the idea t...Belma……<BR/><BR/>I have a very hard time grasping the idea that you are a college student. There is no question that standards were lowered to accommodate your enrollment. You really do know little about American history and are too obtuse to gather information before writing your poison pen blog. You talk about our country being built on slavery, but did you know that slavery was started in this country by the British, King George to be exact. Thomas Jefferson made it a point to strike a commendation for this in the Declaration of Independence. What’s really galling is that you tend to forget that just about every country in the world has practiced slavery for thousands of years and in the United States for what amounts to a blink of any eye. In fact the state of Vermont was the first to abolish slavery there in 1777. <BR/>The rest of your comments are rambling, uneducated and unfortunately unremarkable. With the exception of the new word that you seem to have come across, that word is assanine. You seem to like using this word but sadly you are not spelling it correctly. The correct spelling is asinine. Pity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15483635.post-1142541337862553032006-03-16T15:35:00.000-05:002006-03-16T15:35:00.000-05:00I hope that you spent your Spring break taking a c...I hope that you spent your Spring break taking a course on American history. If not allow me to educate you. It is up to all Americans to spread the ideals of democracy. This is rooted in our country’s history and tradition. It is part of the Jeffersonian desire to spread to the whole world the American form of republican self-government. This is because there are no other people on the face of the earth who have the same zeal for democracy than Americans. We are in fact willing to lay down our own lives and those of our children to ensure personal liberties. <BR/>Others enjoy the same freedoms but are unwilling to help Washington in this task, like the selfish Europeans. We helped them in wars past but now they turn their backs when asked to do the same. They don’t get it and never will. Could it be that they know they have the United States to protect them should their own freedoms be in jeopardy? <BR/>I was thinking about your statement about forcing democracy on people. I’m sure that you saw the news about the Iraqi elections. In you opinion did any of those people who had purple ink on their fingers seem forced into voting? Absolutely not, these were people who for the first time had hope in their future. Belief in a government that every individual had a say in, and faith in the ideals of democracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com