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To: Lane3 who wrote (21334)	8/10/2001 11:05:31 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I don't remember who argued what. FWIW everyone has been into the slavery biz. The Africans enslaved each other, before the Europeans got into the business, and the Arabs had been enslaving and trading in Africans as well. If it's a crime against humanity then it's a crime everyone is guilty of. edit-But WAIT- it's coming back to me. SOME people (perhaps of the RWET?) complained that a relativist view on such a horrible practice was morally reprehensible. There was mention of natural rights, higher powers, blah blah blah. MY goodness..... That was probably what you were remembering. You remembered it first, fwiw.

To: Lane3 who wrote (21334)	8/10/2001 11:12:26 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Do you recall all the discussions we had here about whether slavery was absolutely wrong and whether slavery was a human rights violation? And which "side" was arguing which? In light of that, I find the Administration's position on this language amusing. I still think slavery is a human rights violation and I will support reperations for any one who can prove that he or she was legally enslaved in the United States. Tim