`  :::::Don't get me wrong, I didn't intend to be mean by saying it needed to be cited.  I wasn't intending to single you out, it was more simply that since we were on the issue of that section, a citation wouldn't hurt.  I still think we should say ``more humane``, because it's factually accurate.  Arguing for less wipping would be a ``more humane`` solution.  Bringing into the argument the philisophical stance that we can't use the word ``humane`` at all becasue slavery is ``never humane`` is beside the point.  While my solution is a bit more wordy, since we're going to be more wordy here, I think we should go with it; I think it'll help stop an edit war, and satisfy both sides, since it keeps in your additional information, and voices the fact that Washington's argument was for a ``more humane`` treatment of slaves.  `