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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (39369)	10/8/2003 9:19:28 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Wow, the slavery involved there was horrendous. <The Chinese Emperor, Hehu Ki Wang and his ministers were terrified. They offered a perpetual yearly tribute of 50,000 rolls of silk* and China was obliged to pay this tribute* > Imagine the work those silkworms had to put in to supply all that. I say freedom for silkworms now. Hey, but imagine the sacrifice the mulberry trees suffered to satisfy this burden. As ever, the lowest classes suffer perpetually. Mqurice