"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:02:12 GMT, wrote:

Congress passes civil rights act granted equal rights in public
accommodations and jury duty, in 1875.
National Congress on the Negro convened in 1909, leading to founding of
the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

There were steps taken before that. It was a slow process, but it was an
inevitiable conclusion.

So says you. And yet, without government intervention, we might STILL
be holding our breath.


You seem to keep forgetting that the government is people.

No I don't. It's YOU who keeps forgetting that important tenet.

I haven't forgotten it, but some in the government sonmetimes seem to have
done so.

You
seem to claim that "the people" (being interchangeable with "the
government" is powerless to act, because it's "the marketplace" that
will correct all wrongs, even though history hasn't shown that to be
the case).

If that's what you believe I said then you are either an idiot or a liar.

I said that the marketplace can be a source for change and it was partly
responsible for helping move things along in the case of segregation, by
trying to get rid of one of the segregationist laws concerning trains. At
no time did I ever state or imply that capitalism was the only right and
proper way to accomplish change.