I have presented several sound reasons for believing that there is a skew in the WPA narratives. You have dismissed them, without engaging with them. So yes, you *have* ignored reasonable arguments. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:54:49 EDT >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Slavery and Unanswered Questions >To: [log in to unmask] > >I don't ignore reasonable arguments. Rather, I like to investigate the >"everybody knows" style of history to ascertain whether everybody is correct >based on all available evidence, including evidence to the contrary. > >Remember, everybody knew that the sun rotated around the earth in the 16th >century, except for a guy named Galileo. > >J South > > > > > >************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D. Department of History James Madison University