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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 06:35 PM
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91. But see, we *did* deal with the past already... we abolished slavery here, didn't we? You know...
that whole 'Civil War' thingie....

We recognized it as human rights violations and we righted the situation. Wasn't that enough of an apology? How many times does someone have to apologize for something? Do we have to apologize to each new generation as they're born?

The only ones that are keeping the slavery issue alive are the ones who refuse to move on past it and join us in this present day time. They keep it alive by playing the victim card, when all the real victims are long dead and buried. It's important to *remember* the past, but it's more important to move into the present and the future.

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