MDDM Washington & Gershom

[Doug Millison]

I see.  You mean that Gershom's slavery is liberty. Thanks for clearing
that up.

And if Gershom's master decided to sell his slave to somebody else, he
wouldn't have the right to do that?


At 9:16 AM +1100 7/10/02, jbor wrote:
>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".
>
>best