If the Basket Weaving Degree Program is full, there aren't many choices left.

1.I already explained why I told you about my degree. I wanted to come clean instead of playing cat and mouse games with you.
2. Why would I argue with the person who wrote the constitution? Or even question his knowledge? I do not belittle intelligent people, I learn from them.
3. I am not now nor was I ever a football player and none of them attended any of my classes. So, how would I know?
4. All races were slaves at one time or another throughout history. The subject was addressed by our founding fathers when forming our new government but they did not know what to do with them. Send them back to Africa? To the same people who sold them? Leave them out into the wilderness to eventually die?
5.Never met a judge who didnt have a degree And never saïd I was a lawyer.
6.Ever hear of the great compromise? In short; people rarely agree on every issue or subject. Nor is it expected. You only need a majority to pass a bill, vote for a new leader etc.
7. Apparently, YOU DO!

I just thought of a reason a football player in college may choose a degree iin political science or marketing. Maybe during/after their NFL career, they want to use their fame to run for office or market a product. Ever hear of Nike Jordán Shoes? See a pro player in a commercial? Now, those are some losers, eh?

After reading this thread again, I realized there are only 2 kinds of people posting on the Internet.

The smart ones, who when given a shovel, try to fill in the hole.

& others, who when given a shovel, decide to dig the hole deeper.

1. You are apparently did not even read who made the post. You were worried about playing cat and mouse with me? we have never even had an exchange. And you word it as if you worried about hiding your superior intellect. You needn't worry.
2. But he didn't have a :BigApplause: Masters Degree in Political Science:BigApplause:? According to you, someone with a :BigApplause:Masters Degree in Political Science:BigApplause: knows more than anyone else (and must disclose that fact, lest some mere mortal attempt to have an intellectual discussion with them). You do not know the intelligence of anyone on this site. But you belittle many. So, forgive me if I don't belive your assertion.
3. I'll just have to let that one go lest I get sent on vacation.
4. Wow. Just Wow! You weren't around to know how they were treated, i.e., not sure if they were even treated badly (but there are literally hundreds of sources that documented that and one would think a political science expert would not admit to such ignorance [meaning lack of knowledge on a topic - not intended as an insult] about that. But apparently you do KNOW that all of Washington and Jefferson's slaves loved them. And that nonsense aside, you didn't even address my point that you think slavery was justice and no one's rights were taken away with slavery.
5 and 6. You missed my point. Even the most educated, experienced, and esteemed have different viewpoints. Don't try to convince us that your :BigApplause:Masters Degree in Political Science:BigApplause: makes you above reproach.
7. Nope. Didn't even come close to addressing all of the fallacies. But after reading your assertion that Slavery is justice and slaves did not have their rights taken away, I am sure any efforts would be wasted...

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Thanks for the reminder. I have been sent on vacation several times already. But it is funny that the person who directly insults me, to whom I respond to get sent to jail never has any repercussions. I would hope in this case with someone supporting slavery in addtion to insulting, it would be mutual jail at least. If that were the case, I would consider it a worthy sacrifice for the team.

[QUOTE=Cybersprings;2254600]Thanks for the reminder. I have been sent on vacation several times already. But it is funny that the person who directly insults me, to whom I respond to get sent to jail never has any repercussions. I would hope in this case with someone supporting slavery in addtion to insulting, it would be mutual jail at least.

1. It is not an internet disease. Look it up.
2. Regardless, I did not insinuate or post anything about that. Look back at the thread.
3. I think that repeating what your professors said or what you read without critical thinking is a bad idea. Slavery was a bad idea. It was bad for Jews throughout their history. It was bad for the Irish. It was bad for the American slaves. You do not have to have been there to recognize slavery was bad for the slaves (the only argument is to what degree it was for each slave). You had no problem not being there and yet asserting that Washington and Jefferson's slaves loved them. IF that is true, there are still exponentially more references addressing the treatment of slaves in the U.S. then there are references addressing the slaves' love for their owners (just that term lets you know it was bad - people shouldn't own other people).
4. I was not in any way asserting that you should go to TOTV jail. My assertion was that my posts were no more insulting than yours, and if I get sent to jail, you should as well. But in my opinion, 2 adults should be allowed to have heated discourse without a threat of going to "jail", as long as no one threatens another.
5. If you do not support slavery, than I was mistaken. All of the content of your posts prior to this one I am responding to seemed to whitewash it since "slavery has existed forever". And I offered slavery as an example of how justice does not always prevail. You seemed to refute that which clearly implies that slavery is just(ice).
6. The fact that you are of Jewish ancestry has no bearing on the discussion. The concentration camps were not mentioned by me and are not related to slavery in the U.S. But my condolences to anyone, including your family, that had to endure the horror and evil that exists in this world. But you can find holocaust deniers out there. Just because their are "two sides to history" doe s not give them equal value as you insinuated with your comments about the history of slavery in the U.S.

Someone with a "Master's Degree" should know that the United States is a "Constitutional Republic"...

I think this thread became a problem because one poster did not look at the name of the person who was asking questions. Another interfered. Then one defended. Then one reminded. Then one deleted. Then another deleted. Then one acquiesced. And who knows what else! What a mess!

I did not see that brought up. Saw quite a bit of chaos. So, maybe I missed it. But, I believe we are a democratic republic. At this point, who cares? The thread is a mess!