tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post4186194260555964988..comments2024-03-27T02:14:18.237-07:00Comments on Beers with Demo: Ken Burns on really, really bad ideasDeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02448369692335981936noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-48205173548403097402011-10-04T20:06:37.771-07:002011-10-04T20:06:37.771-07:00Who asked the happy hour crowd?Who asked the happy hour crowd?Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845915135831361834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-4747589025339295262011-10-04T15:40:17.460-07:002011-10-04T15:40:17.460-07:00Chuck, thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Tec...Chuck, thanks for stopping by and commenting.<br /><br />Technically, you are correct. Slavery was being practiced both here and abroad for many, many years before we became a nation. <br /><br />Speaking for Burns, perhaps he was attempting to convey a sense of ownership this country had of this grotesque practice for the first 90 years of its existence.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448369692335981936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-83884587846464028452011-10-04T11:09:51.629-07:002011-10-04T11:09:51.629-07:00"Our" worst idea? So slavery was invente..."Our" worst idea? So slavery was invented in America?<br /><br /> America inherited slavery and then ended it worldwide. Maybe burns could watch a documentary on it and get up to speed.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567859187952397850noreply@blogger.com