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[HokieFanDC]

270,000!?
''Tis a lot!

Ok, so then what do you consider 1.3m, compared to 0.27m?
And the point of this is that he is trying to portray the slave situation in the north and south as similar. It wasn't even remotely similar.

I consider it not quite 5x as many... which is surprising since 1860s Confederacy probably had more than 5x the acreage the north did, dedicated to agriculture. Hmmm. This would imply, on one level, the north's penchant for indentured servitude exceeded the south's.

Of course, this is a silly point of no consequence.

279,000....1,300,000... it's like being 2 months pregnant or 8 months pregnant. There's no such thing as being "a little bit pregnant" just as there's no such thing as 270,000 slaves being okay since it wasn't 1,300,000.

Lol. I agree, and the north agreed. That's why the northern states, all of them, put laws in place to stop slave imports, free children of slaves and gradually emancipate all slaves. The treatment of slaves and the attitude toward slaves, was completely different on the north and south. Comparing it to pregnancy is silly.

[RiverguyVT]

270,000!?
''Tis a lot!

Ok, so then what do you consider 1.3m, compared to 0.27m?
And the point of this is that he is trying to portray the slave situation in the north and south as similar. It wasn't even remotely similar.

I consider it not quite 5x as many... which is surprising since 1860s Confederacy probably had more than 5x the acreage the north did, dedicated to agriculture. Hmmm. This would imply, on one level, the north's penchant for indentured servitude exceeded the south's.

Of course, this is a silly point of no consequence.

279,000....1,300,000... it's like being 2 months pregnant or 8 months pregnant. There's no such thing as being "a little bit pregnant" just as there's no such thing as 270,000 slaves being okay since it wasn't 1,300,000.

Lol. I agree, and the north agreed. That's why the northern states, all of them, put laws in place to stop slave imports, free children of slaves and gradually emancipate all slaves. The treatment of slaves and the attitude toward slaves, was completely different on the north and south. Comparing it to pregnancy is silly.

We can argue about treatment & attitude.
(I thought you'd like my "little bit pregnant" comparison!)

[HokieFanDC]

270,000!?
''Tis a lot!

Ok, so then what do you consider 1.3m, compared to 0.27m?
And the point of this is that he is trying to portray the slave situation in the north and south as similar. It wasn't even remotely similar.

I consider it not quite 5x as many... which is surprising since 1860s Confederacy probably had more than 5x the acreage the north did, dedicated to agriculture. Hmmm. This would imply, on one level, the north's penchant for indentured servitude exceeded the south's.

Of course, this is a silly point of no consequence.

279,000....1,300,000... it's like being 2 months pregnant or 8 months pregnant. There's no such thing as being "a little bit pregnant" just as there's no such thing as 270,000 slaves being okay since it wasn't 1,300,000.

Lol. I agree, and the north agreed. That's why the northern states, all of them, put laws in place to stop slave imports, free children of slaves and gradually emancipate all slaves. The treatment of slaves and the attitude toward slaves, was completely different on the north and south. Comparing it to pregnancy is silly.

We can argue about treatment & attitude.
(I thought you'd like my "little bit pregnant" comparison!)

I think child discipline would have been better. North is 5 minutes in timeout, South is Adrian Peterson.

[133743Hokie]

270,000!?
''Tis a lot!

Ok, so then what do you consider 1.3m, compared to 0.27m?
And the point of this is that he is trying to portray the slave situation in the north and south as similar. It wasn't even remotely similar.

I consider it not quite 5x as many... which is surprising since 1860s Confederacy probably had more than 5x the acreage the north did, dedicated to agriculture. Hmmm. This would imply, on one level, the north's penchant for indentured servitude exceeded the south's.

Of course, this is a silly point of no consequence.

279,000....1,300,000... it's like being 2 months pregnant or 8 months pregnant. There's no such thing as being "a little bit pregnant" just as there's no such thing as 270,000 slaves being okay since it wasn't 1,300,000.

Lol. I agree, and the north agreed. That's why the northern states, all of them, put laws in place to stop slave imports, free children of slaves and gradually emancipate all slaves. The treatment of slaves and the attitude toward slaves, was completely different on the north and south. Comparing it to pregnancy is silly.

So the north was "aborting" slaves using the morning after pill for the children?

[HokieFanDC]

270,000!?
''Tis a lot!

Ok, so then what do you consider 1.3m, compared to 0.27m?
And the point of this is that he is trying to portray the slave situation in the north and south as similar. It wasn't even remotely similar.

I consider it not quite 5x as many... which is surprising since 1860s Confederacy probably had more than 5x the acreage the north did, dedicated to agriculture. Hmmm. This would imply, on one level, the north's penchant for indentured servitude exceeded the south's.

Of course, this is a silly point of no consequence.

279,000....1,300,000... it's like being 2 months pregnant or 8 months pregnant. There's no such thing as being "a little bit pregnant" just as there's no such thing as 270,000 slaves being okay since it wasn't 1,300,000.

Lol. I agree, and the north agreed. That's why the northern states, all of them, put laws in place to stop slave imports, free children of slaves and gradually emancipate all slaves. The treatment of slaves and the attitude toward slaves, was completely different on the north and south. Comparing it to pregnancy is silly.

So the north was "aborting" slaves using the morning after pill for the children?