->    
   -> ->> Slavery was an issue the Framers of the Constitution deliberately   
   -> ->> put off, as it was too divisive.  Unfortunately, no peaceful   
   solution   
   -> ->> was able to be found, with the result being a war pitting fathers   
   -> ->> against sons, and brothers against brothers.  A tragedy for us all.   
   ->    
   ->  FS> The Founding Fathers ('scuse the non-politically-correct   
   ->  FS> term) did not mention slavery in the constitution since   
   ->  FS> they assumed it would vanish of its own accord.  And it   
   ->  FS> probably would have.   
   ->    
   ->  Probably not.   
      
   While I *hate* to disagree, I must do so here -- with the utmost respect,   
   of course ... [sarc ON/OFF] ...   
       
   ->  FS> After all, Political Correctness did   
   ->  FS> not arise because of the Emancipation Proclamation -- it   
   ->  FS> was a natural outgrowth of the mess Lyndon Johnson made of   
   ->  FS> his presidency.   
   ->    
   ->  If it wasn't for the Vietnam War history would record LBJ as a   
   ->  great president.   
      
   We'll never know how LBJ would go down in history if he didn't have his   
   beloved Vietnam "war" to drag him down.  However, LBJ was such a loud-mouth   
   that I think he'd be ranked somewhere between second and fourth from the   
   bottom of respected Presidents.   
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