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Dawkins and Determinism
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RE: Dawkins and Determinism
(February 16, 2013 at 7:53 pm)naimless Wrote: So in America people ridiculed slavery. Slavery ended by a civil war. People in America still thank the war for ending slavery. But it did not need a war. Slavery ended the U.K. without civil war and it was just as prominent in the slave triangle.

There are many ways of approaching things and ridicule more often than not leads to more separations and ultimately bloodshed. Anyone who has studied human history and evolution for a significant period of time should recognise this.

You seem to be claiming that ridicule of slavery led to the civil war. Presumably your contention is that the proximate cause of the war (South Carolina's secession) was caused by ridicule of slavery. Can you support that contention with facts? The USA was the only country that had a war over slavery, but it was also the only country that was divided into slave and non-slave regions that had additional conflicting interests.
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Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 13, 2013 at 11:46 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by catfish - February 14, 2013 at 12:49 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 1:33 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 14, 2013 at 2:55 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 3:02 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 3:27 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 14, 2013 at 3:35 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 6:08 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 15, 2013 at 1:12 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 15, 2013 at 1:40 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 16, 2013 at 5:05 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 16, 2013 at 7:53 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 18, 2013 at 12:46 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 2:52 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 9:40 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 10:48 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Mister Agenda - February 18, 2013 at 12:03 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Mister Agenda - February 18, 2013 at 11:54 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Mister Agenda - February 18, 2013 at 11:42 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Finn - February 14, 2013 at 1:41 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 1:54 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Finn - February 14, 2013 at 2:32 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 3:04 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 2:52 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by catfish - February 14, 2013 at 2:56 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 3:03 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Cato - February 14, 2013 at 5:26 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by catfish - February 14, 2013 at 6:57 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Angrboda - February 14, 2013 at 3:52 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 4:09 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 1:57 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 2:46 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 2:48 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Simon Moon - February 14, 2013 at 3:18 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by iameatingjam - February 14, 2013 at 6:51 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 7:18 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 1:03 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 11:15 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 11:35 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 11:55 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Zone - February 18, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 9:29 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 10:06 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 10:35 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 10:39 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by JDS - February 18, 2013 at 11:00 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 11:20 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 19, 2013 at 5:22 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 19, 2013 at 2:27 pm

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