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Re:What Is a Jeffersonian Dinner Party? by samstave on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @12:58PM (#37407805)
These sound SUPER fn cool - Need a follow up post on "how to attend a jeffersonian dinner party.

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also @mattl: I understand you convictions against jefferson being a slave owner, however I'd like to point out a couple things ;

The nazi's are basically responsible for discerning the connection with smoking and cancer as they experiemented on rats.

The Good Clinical Practice and Patient Consent are direct results of the (negative) aspects of the nazi experiments, which resulted in a generally positive outcome.

We wouldnt have much of the science which got us to space, also by nazis [aliens]

The CCP is doing horrific things to groups of people, yet find an object within arms reach not made in, or relies on china?

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But yeah, all the founding fathers have been white-washed through history to make them look good... Heck, if you know even some of the things the Bush family is responsible for, you'd boycott any Bush style of anything.

Re:What Is a Jeffersonian Dinner Party? by ekanes on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:11PM (#37407968)
I don't like the "but bad things can lead to good" as an excuse for anything, because it washes away or excuses the evil. Let the evil be known for what it is, and allow for positive benefits to stand on their own merit.