Reply #46: John Brown [View All]

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Brown was killing because he feared for his life (the massacre) and to protect free soil. He really thought he could keep Kansas free by ballot, and then by not letting the pro-slavery forces win. I don't know what to think about the Pottawatomie massacre. I understand that he had reason to fear for the lives of his family. However, I cannot condone straight up murder in the middle of the night with a sword.

But again, Brown knew he *could* make a difference defending Kansas from pro-slavery forces pouring in. He thought that his plan at the armory *would* work. Nader knows that he can't win. He knows that there's absolutely no way he can win. He also knows *somewhere* in his brain that there really is a difference in the two parties. I guarantee Gore would not have lied about war.