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DEMS ANNOUNCE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT CONFEDERATE LANDMARK; THEATER NAMED AFTER PRO-SLAVERY SECESSIONIST

**Exclusive**

The South Carolina Democratic Party announced the nine candidates jockeying for the Democratic presidential nomination '04 are planning to hold the season's fist televised debate at the state's Longstreet Theater -- a theater named after a staunch secessionist who strongly advocated for slavery!

Having raised the issue of the Confederate Flag flying over the state house, Democrats now find themselves on the verge of political firestorm over the debate's announced location -- and its symbolic heritage.

"The debate will be held Saturday night, May 3, from 8:30-10:00 pm EDT at the Longstreet Theater," the South Carolina Democratic Party said in a press release.

The Longstreet Theater’s namesake, Augustus B. Longstreet, held strong views on the right to own slaves, research shows.

"Abolitionism seemed to him hypocrisy and blasphemy and as a minister of Christ he could not hold fellowship with those who rejected the Master’s word." (“Main Currents In American Thought,” Volume II, 1800-1860, 1927).

Longstreet became president of South Carolina College at a time when he was a staunch secessionist. His rigorous support of secession caused a fervor which led the student body to enlist en masse when the Civil War began.

In defense of slavery, Longstreet argued as a minister. The right to hold slaves was determined exclusively by the authority of the Bible, he believed.

The debate will feature: Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, Governor Howard Dean, Senator John Edwards, Congressman Dick Gephardt, Senator Bob Graham, Senator John Kerry, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Senator Joseph Lieberman and Reverend Al Sharpton.

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[UPDATE: LATE FRIDAY ABC ANNOUNCED A DIFFERENT THEATER LOCATION FOR DEBATE... 'WE DECIDED DAYS AGO, FOR BROADCAST REASONS, NOT TO HOLD THE DEBATE AT LONGSTREET,' TOP ABC NEWS SOURCE TELLS DRUDGE..
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:grinno: See there, you've made me revise my opinion of politicians. I always thought they were all liars, thieves and con men, now I see many are idiots as well.:grinno:
 
the only "slaves" that anyone shoul have is at an s/m club or b/d/s/m lifestyle. and it should be a mutual agreement betweem 2 consenting adults. slavery ended thankfully no need to defend it. what a bunch of bitch nuggets
 
freako104 said:
slavery ended thankfully no need to defend it.
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You need to read more freako. There is still plenty of the evil type of slavery around. It's just not as institutionalized now.
 
i had thought there were international laws against slavery? i thought something so inhumane amnesty international would do something about it. didnt know it was still going on.
 
i'm sure the laws exist alright, its still up to the governments in question whether or not they are going to run with them or not.
 
ris said:
i'm sure the laws exist alright, its still up to the governments in question whether or not they are going to run with them or not.
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can the gov'ts be persecuted if they are found to violate such laws? how do they work or is it from the Geneva Convention as well?





outside looking in said:
There were laws against what Saddam did... he didn't seem to care too much.
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no kidding. he didnt care about anything but power.
 
as far as i know the geneva conventions apply to war time, the un basic statutes of human rights [that most, if not all, countries have written into their laws or constitiution] would be covers i think, if they aren't in there already.
 
technically yes, in reality the forms of slavery are usually not of the open selling in the saturday market kind of form. it is underground, black market. slavery is pretty much what some immigrants end up in even in first world countries.
 
Like all things you shouldn't do, it's not illegal until you get caught.
 
oh that kind of shit. :mope: i was hoping this crap was over but if people re getting way with it something should be done. how can they do that tho if everyone knows about it? or is it hush hush under the table like most illegal things?
 
the table is under another 17 tables, hidden in a giant table distribution factory.
 
Sometimes it isn't hidden at all. The women in many cultures are considered property, to be disposed of and treated however.
 
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