Thank you brother AMS. It is interesting to see the extent to which some
people will lower themselves in their attempt to defend that which cannot be
defended.


>From: Ams Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [>-<] FW: Judging Colonial Crimes By Modern Standards
>Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 20:43:46 EST
>
>In a message dated 1/9/2004 8:03:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
> >One person who has disavowed this concept as a legitimate criticism is
> >renowned American historian Howard Zinn who, in a speech at Saint Mary's
> >University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2003 referred to his academic
> >brethren as "sheep" for giving way to this practice.
>Oms, get hold of his best seller: Peoples History of the United States, to
>the Clinton Years
>
>
>"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are
>evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
>  - Albert Einstein
>"
>Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
>the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has."
>- Margaret Mead
>
>"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people
>fear
>the government, you have tyranny."
>- Thomas Jefferson
>
>"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"
>- Edmund Burke
>
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