[libertarian27]

I'm not sure it's very nice to analogize black people as "clunkers". Maybe you should read the thread comments before formulating a more accurate analogy.

By him stating he thought it would be best to just 'buy them out of their servitude' is pretty darn despicable. It removes their humanity, turning personal freedom into a transaction. It sounds like an advertisement for 'cash for clunkers'

(I know I'm not formulating this thought correctly, sorry)

[Favor Center]

“By him stating he thought it would be best to just ‘buy them out of their servitude’ is pretty darn despicable.”

Killing 618,000 people is preferable?

[Christian_Capitalist]

By him stating he thought it would be best to just 'buy them out of their servitude' is pretty darn despicable. It removes their humanity, turning personal freedom into a transaction. It sounds like an advertisement for 'cash for clunkers' (I know I'm not formulating this thought correctly, sorry)

It's morally wrong for a third party to pay a ransom to secure another's freedom?

Dude, you've just invalidated the moral basis of Christianity. I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you on that one!