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"By the way, White bigots would not visit that site. That couple wasn’t dealing with a random White population. "
Tom Cordle commented on Boanerges's blog post The Real Life "Uncle Tom""I confess I'd never heard of this man, and his courage goes without saying, but I'm glad you said it.
Years before the movie Twelve Years A Slave came out, I came across this passage from Solomon Northup's book:
“If it had not…"
Ron Powell commented on Boanerges's blog post The Real Life "Uncle Tom"" "An abolitionist named Harriet Beecher Stowe read the book, and used thinly disguised elements of it in “Uncle Tom's Cabin”, published in 1852."
She never traveled south of the Mason-Dixon line, yet was able to…"
Ron Powell commented on Boanerges's blog post The Real Life "Uncle Tom"" "An abolitionist named Harriet Beecher Stowe read the book, and used thinly disguised elements of it in “Uncle Tom's Cabin”, published in 1852."
She never traveled south of the Mason-Dixon line, yet was able to…"
Tom Cordle commented on Boanerges's blog post A Plague Upon Our House"I was reluctant to make that crack because it denigrated Neanderthals. By the way, I've read that the Neanderthal brain was actually physically larger than that of Homo Sapiens. That might tell you something right there."
Boanerges commented on koshersalaami's blog post In case you still think the Wall is about immigration"@JT: Someone much smarter than I (and I wish I could give due credit) once said, "A man has a right to decide a woman's rights over her own body about the time he has his first period."
I've never had a reason to doubt that."
Boanerges commented on koshersalaami's blog post In case you still think the Wall is about immigration"At the risk of throwing gasoline on the fire, this isn't the first time that school's students have apparently been involved in outrageous, racist…"
moki ikom commented on Boanerges's blog post A Plague Upon Our House"Sons of Rage would be prepared to be on their own anytime, especially after a nuke exchange in the northern hemisphere when far northern latitudes will certainly be warmer than they are today once the long winter after a full-blown nuclear war…"
Boanerges commented on Ron Powell's blog post Single Sentence on the State of the Planet"Only thing I'd add is that the Earth will survive us."
Boanerges commented on Boanerges's blog post A Plague Upon Our House"@JT: Not going to give away any spoilers, old friend. But as an example, Homo Sapiens' approach to warfare is contrasted with that of the Neanderthals, whose worst war ever killed fewer than 800 -- and that was considered such a calamity steps…"
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The Real Life "Uncle Tom"
Posted on February 21, 2019 at 3:02pm 5 Comments 2 Likes
“It was the 28th of October, 1830, in the morning,
when my feet first touched the Canada shore.
I threw myself on the ground, rolled in the sand,
seized handfuls of it and kissed them...."
– Rev. Josiah Henson
England formally abolished slavery across most of its empire in 1833, but British North America, particularly what is now Southwestern Ontario, was already a haven…
Continue The Most Canadian Film Clip You'll See This Winter
Posted on January 29, 2019 at 8:18am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Let's see:
- 75-car pile-up on a Montreal-area highway;
- people with too much time on their hands;
- icy road conditions.
Only one solution.
GAME ON!
A Plague Upon Our House
Posted on January 20, 2019 at 4:09pm 11 Comments 5 Likes
I recently finished Robert Sawyer’s trilogy The Neanderthal Parallax, and it left me thinking. (For those who don’t know me, that’s seldom a good idea.)
The premise of the series is that worlds collide, metaphorically speaking: A universe where Neanderthals survived while Homo Sapiens did not encounters the one we know. It allows Sawyer a broad sweep in exploring what our species has become, and it isn’t pretty.
But, predictably, it ends on an up-note, as much sci-fi does. A…
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- At 6:53am on November 27, 2012,
Harp said… I wasn't sure how to tell you about my response to your Open Call. So I left it here.
- At 8:30am on September 18, 2012,
Xenonlit said… Hi Boa! I am happy to see you here and on my friends list. It looks like OS has an alternative.
- At 9:38pm on September 12, 2012,
David McClain said… Bo, my friend, it is so good to see you in here with the rest of us from OS. You add class to whatever site you join and I am happy to be on your friend's list.
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