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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] For Infinity, who said: "Name a country where people find slavery acceptable." Sudan. There, that took all of an eighth of a second, and it was just the first place I thought of where slavery is still practiced today. Of course, there are also varying degrees of 'slavery' as well, who remembers 'indentured servitude' from school? Or the time-honored practice (and one of the things that started the War of 1812) of 'impressment?' Of course, we're not supposed to remember those things, because they were white folks being pressed into service, and we're supposed to think that slavery was, and has always been, entirely about race. Except that it isn't. Slavery has been practiced at one time or another in every culture in the world, most often against its own people. The 'liberal' for the time Ancient Greeks believed slavery was a natural condition. The Israelites and other ancient middle-eastern cultures owned slaves. Native Americans took slaves. Africans took slaves (some still do) LONG before the first white guys showed up. If you want to blame the Europeans for something, blame them for taking advantage of a previously existing trend. The idea that slavery is abhorrent is a fairly recent one. It may just be a cultural 'fad.' Personally, I think that enforced and regulated slavery might be a better way of punishing people than prison. "Okay, you stole from that guy, we caught you, tried you and found you guilty, you're now his slave for the next year. He can order you to do anything that doesn't cause you physical injury, or isn't illegal." [/QB][/QUOTE]
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