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lessdazed comments on Knox and Sollecito freed - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: komponisto 03 October 2011 08:24PM

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Comment author: lessdazed 04 October 2011 05:10:15AM *  3 points [-]

In the same way that almost any of us if we were born in the US in 1810 would have been in favor of slavery

Did most American citizens really support slavery then? Most Northerners and many Southerners opposed it, especially from the 1830's onward.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 04 October 2011 05:13:06AM *  2 points [-]

You are correct. I'm at least ten years too late and probably more like 20 or 30 years too late. The essential point goes through with the corrected time.

Comment author: lessdazed 04 October 2011 05:38:54AM 2 points [-]