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To: Thomas M. who wrote (12531)	3/11/2002 10:46:42 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) of 23908

Great link you dug up. Lots there to really dig into. polyconomics.com The term "slavery," after all, is inappropriate unless a central government recognizes the right of a human being to own another and to defend that "property right." Nothing exists in fact unless a central government has a law on the books explicitly recognizing it. I see. ...abduct some of those they subdue and absorb them as possessions. Sounds sorta like slavery to me - but then there's that central government thing. This has been going on for ages, he acknowledged. Appealing to age-old tradition - why didn't antebellum American slave apologists think of this - oh wait, they did. Indeed, this was the source of the slave trade between Africa and the American colonies in earlier centuries. Uh huh. It should be pointed out that that form of "slavery" was an advance in the history of civilization, over previous practices of cannibalism. Sure, better than having those savages eating one another, after all. Did you know the myth of widespread African cannibalism was used to justify the commencement of Christian trafficking in slaves centuries ago. Amazing to see it's still being used to spin a favorable view of "traditional" slavery.

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