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, 23:39, December 6, 2008so who's gloomy? I try to look on the bright side
::I didn't mean to make you gloomy, though the idea crossed my mind as I was reading the "Preview" that some of the comments may be thought of as anti-Christian. It is a sad fact of history unfortunately .... . It also crossed my mind that I should do a history of slavery article (or add to the current [[Slave Trade]] one. I think my remarks above would need some editing, or at least made a bit more formal. But be my guest. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 18:22, 6 December 2008 (EST)
::I didn't mean to make you gloomy, though the idea crossed my mind as I was reading the "Preview" that some of the comments may be thought of as anti-Christian. It is a sad fact of history unfortunately .... . It also crossed my mind that I should do a history of slavery article (or add to the current [[Slave Trade]] one. I think my remarks above would need some editing, or at least made a bit more formal. But be my guest. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 18:22, 6 December 2008 (EST)
:::My mood stems only from the reflection that so many people have enslaved so many others. My gloom is lifted by the reflection that it was British Christians who abolished slavery first (around 1805?) and that American Christians could complete the abolitionist task a mere 6 or 7 decades later. Pretty good for a ragtag bunch of former colonists: we through off the yoke of foreign domination, fight a Civil War, and then free our slaves. For an encore, we win two world wars and defeat Communism. Oh, I'm not gloomy at all. What '''will''' we do next? I can hardly wait! --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 18:39, 6 December 2008 (EST)