06-29-2022, 09:16 AM
(06-28-2022, 04:00 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Would you say that owning slaves made a person an inherently bad person? Would such behavior taint everything else said person did?
This is a fascinating question, and I don't think anyone has answered. A short answer would be YES by modern standards. However, in the case of a person like Washington, or any other members of past society, the answer has to be no. We have to understand the societal norms of that period, as barbaric they may be in today's society, and use this understanding as a way to judge a person.
