Now we have the Taliban relativity argument. Splendid, as Harry  
Callahan said.

There is a distinction between high and low minded actions. Wanton  
killing is hardly on the same plane as the war of intimidation played  
out between Patriots and Loyalists in the Am Rev. Turner committed  
genocide.

This is a recurring theme that started out wrong and continues to be  
wrong. Headline history and histronics are not history.

Lyle Browning


On Nov 12, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Anne Pemberton wrote:

> J South,
>
> According to responses I get from the site, private school and  
> homeschoolers are as likely to be "exposed" to this "trash" as  
> public school children. Bear in mind that in other parts of the  
> country, people who fought for their freedom and that of their  
> brothers are considered heroes, not villains.
>
> The more I read of Nat Turner the less I feel that his "massacre"  
> was racially motivated so much as motivated by the feeling that he  
> was acting on behalf of all slaves and that he was a part of a much  
> larger action, directed by God, to eliminate the illogical notion of  
> owning humans.
>
> As I read, I was impressed by Nat Turner's spirituality and  
> dedication to God. While he clearly had a mission to carry out  
> "God's Plan" to eliminate slavery in our most favored nation, God  
> forgot to give him a plan to carry it out. Had he preached of  
> freedom and advocated an en-masse "runaway", he may have carried out  
> the mission more morally and defensibly.
>
> In any event, his life was, in general, one of religiosity and  
> spirituality prior to the misguided notion of massacre. This, in  
> itself, separates him from some of those, like Jeffrey Dahlmer, with  
> whom he is lumped.
>
> Remember - Nat Turner did not single-handedly commit the mass  
> murders. He was the leader of a rebellion that effected the murders.  
> How many murders he personally committed is not known.
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Pemberton
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