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Entry: Primal Moments Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/primal_moments1#9586 Post contents: <i>Sid, Why do you still cite ignorance? On a previous thread it was already demonstrated that Burke is no race denier Where again does Burke say “race doesn’t exist”? (hint: no where) Where does he differentiate between blacks and whites? (hint: in about 1,000 places). I’ll quote it: “As a Real Conservative, I follow Burke too. But sorry to inform you, Burke did not hold your politically correct views on race. Although he thought slavery was bad for the British Empire and wanted to end it, BURKE WAS NOT A RACE DENIER. I challenge you to find in Burke where he says “race doesn’t exist” or any of your other politically correct cliches. There are hundreds of sentences (like “Be it enacted, that no Black or European Factor or Trader into the interiour country....") where Burke makes distinctions based upon race. And Burke (like Calhoun, Lincon, and Jefferson Davis) thought that if freed, slaves should return to Africa, the East Indies, or other country of origin. Burke on Deporting Skilled Negroes from London: “When his apprenticeship is finished, the Lord Mayor of London is hereby authorized and directed to receive the said Negro from his master, and to transmit him to the island, from which he came in the West Indies, to be there as a free Negro; subject, however, to the direction of the Protector of Negroes, relatively to his behaviour and employment.” Or what about.... “And be it enacted, that if any free Negro hath been twice convicted for any of the said misdemeanors, and is judged by the said Protector of Negroes, calling to his assistance two justices of the Peace, to be incorrigibly idle, dissolute and vicious, it shall be lawful, by the order of the said Protector and two justices of Peace, to sell the said free Negro into slavery: the purchase-money to be paid to the person so remanded into servitude, or kept in hand by the Protector and Governour for the benefit of his family.” - Edmund Burke, Sketch of a Negro Code, 1780 “ And be it enacted, that no blows or stripes, exceeding thirteen, shall be inflicted for one offence upon any Negro, without the order of one of His Majesty’s Justices of Peace.” - Edmund Burke, Sketch of a Negro Code, 1780 “And be it enacted, that the Minister shall have power to punish any Negro for disorderly conduct during divine Service, by a punishment not exceeding [ten] blows, to be given in one day, and for one offence.” - Edmund Burke, Sketch of a Negro Code, 1780<i> Burke no where says "race does not exist," and his quotes show that he does make distinctions between whites and blacks. Sent at: 2008 10 07