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joanna | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 in many places women and blacks couldn't own property or vote

and we all agree these things were wrong. PERIOD
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joanna | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 the question is: does that make a difference today?

if the distribution of wealth was wrong 250/500 years ago: does that make things unfair today?

do we really need to pierce that law and change things?