tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post2742177457998875904..comments2024-03-18T22:10:09.771-07:00Comments on BikeBubba's Boulangerie: Picking the wrong fight?Bike Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-5801181994669710662011-11-25T13:53:53.785-08:002011-11-25T13:53:53.785-08:00I think the Civil War is one of the country's ...I think the Civil War is one of the country's great failures, surpassed only by the institutional acceptance of slavery at the founding. ANY approach that would have ended slavery without killing off 1-2% of the population in the process would have been better.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-75045515941269261172011-11-22T18:57:08.919-08:002011-11-22T18:57:08.919-08:00Brian; I don't know, but it's worth noting...Brian; I don't know, but it's worth noting that many of the Founders, 80 years before Stowe, made basically the same argument as I propose in freeing their own slaves upon their deaths. So at the very least, the argument of freedom antedates Stowe.<br /><br />(and we might also posit that Wilberforce's approach, which banned slavery without a war in 1833, is morally superior to what we did in our country, no?)Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-54370683618735492232011-11-22T16:31:32.009-08:002011-11-22T16:31:32.009-08:00If Stowe had made the libertarian argument, do you...If Stowe had made the libertarian argument, do you think it would have been the same boon to the abolitionist cause (and by extension, possibly contributed to the eventual Civil War?) And might that have been a better outcome? <br /><br />I'm not exactly an expert on these things, but my impression is that the concept of liberty as freedom from coercion rather than an ideal of self-government is a relatively modern idea.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-26514778769393700212011-11-21T19:58:18.251-08:002011-11-21T19:58:18.251-08:00I read Uncle Tom's Cabin when I was in tenth o...I read Uncle Tom's Cabin when I was in tenth or eleventh grade. But don't get your hopes up for public ed, BB. I read it on my own time. I like your comments on what argument to make.W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-63459716852225490642011-11-21T18:46:15.079-08:002011-11-21T18:46:15.079-08:00Kudos for illustrating exactly why it's diffic...Kudos for illustrating exactly why it's difficult for a genuine moral proposition to get traction today.....and I'm surprised you were so moved by Tybalt's death.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-31517122271969230362011-11-20T20:44:20.155-08:002011-11-20T20:44:20.155-08:00those were a fine five seconds, too.those were a fine five seconds, too.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.com