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Definitions for ABOLISHED
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Abolished
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ABOLISHED in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ABOLISHED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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For the most part, we are on the right track for Malaysia – it’s a reform that has been a long time coming, we should not deny the fact that the state is killing someone and whether the state should have this kind of power … having the mandatory punishment abolished is a good time for us to start reflecting about it.
Even when slavery was abolished, it was incremental -- it began with the Emancipation Proclamation, and led up to the 13th Amendment, same thing with civil rights. We didn't just have one huge sweeping bill that changed everything. First we focused on public transportation, then voting rights, then fair housing. There were incremental steps.
Thomas Paine, in his "The Rights of Man" (1791):
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
The first enslaved persons are brought over in 1619, slavery not abolished until 1865. That's 250 years, followed by another hundred years of institutionalized violence against black people, that's 350 years of institutionalized violence.
War can only be abolished by war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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