[Zap. USMC]

Hah... Tripper, before you start preaching about the US having it's faults. First learn a few things about US History.

First off, the Decleration of Independence simply stated the colonies devided off from the British and wished to form thier own government and country.

The Constitution is the "hypocritical document" that states the freedoms and rights of the people.

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[quote:5a602]So why did Americans accept slavery long after the British had abolished it?[/quote:5a602]

There are many reasons to this, and I explained a few on mIRC. If you'd like I could explain a few more.

[quote:5a602]for which your nation largely bases its independence on is a hypocritical document.
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Geez, you're bent on the Constitution being "hyprocritical", aren't you??. I thought we settled this on mIRC, I guess not...

Slavery was a TOUCHY subject in the process of the creation and establishment of the Constitution. After the failure of the Articles of the Confederation, we were determined not to create other mistakes that would lead to the downfall of the US and possible colonization by another country...

Just to let you know, we DID abolish slavery in the early parts of the creation of the Constitution... then half the Southeren states left. After the Revolution, the colonies were in great turmoil and to have the Southern states leave would be a great fault in our "soon to be country". The main part of our economy at the time was in the South, if you get my drift. So the point was, we just didn't want to abolish slavery until we had a more fit and stronger government in play, before we had any huge descions on abolishing slavery, which later resulted in the Civil War.

I'm not trying to justify anything, but you wanted to know why we didn't abolish slavery, and I gave you a few reasons.

Our Constitution, believe it or not is looked upon as a Bible to most developing democratic societies... the amendment process is by far the most important aspect. It ensures that in time, THINGS WILL CHANGE. As so the topic of slavery, the amendment process quickly adapted to it.

Since you thought our freedoms and rights were based on the "Decleration of Independence", I still base my opinion on you not knowing what you are talking about, concerning the US. Learn a few more FACTS before you run in here stating certain governments are "hyprocritical".

And for you, Pyro. Stay out of the convo. If you're going to be a smartass.