MDDM Washington & Gershom

[jbor]

on 10/7/02 9:06 AM, Doug Millison at millison at online-journalist.com wrote:

> jbor:
>> No, the only person who has said "slavery is liberty" is you. It's a straw
>> man argument.
> 
> Straw Man, re Gershom's slavery as liberty:
> "Ah, but what Washington grants Gershom is absolute *liberty*. "
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0206&msg=67608&sort=author
> 
> 

Yes, of course. In Washington's household and company Gershom is at complete
liberty. He has liberty to do and say and eat and drink and smoke whatever
he likes.

This is not the same thing as saying that "slavery is liberty".

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