Doing a Kant (was Re: Rhetorical Gestures)

[Dennis R Redmond]

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Carl Remick wrote:


> the table.  The man [Jefferson] was a moral felon -- indulging himself
> to an absurd degree on stolen labor (slaves) and money (huge debts he
> had no hope of repaying). 

There's no dishonor in running up vast debts. To hell with the bankers, I
always say. Also, didn't Jefferson free some of his slaves, or is this one
of those suburban myths, like the one about the LSD-laced Ovaltine? 

-- Dennis