by Vertical on September 7th, 2006

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If slavery was allowed today, would you own a slave?

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  • by Anonymous on September 12th, 2006

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    Its very easy to say "No" without hesitation in hindsight, but we adapt to the norms of our times. If society hadn't raised the question of the dubious morality of slavery, if it were legal and widely accepted as being a respectable and normal thing to do- would we even question whether it was wrong?
    Its a bit like saying if you'd lived in Nazi Germany would you have participated in the Final Solution. I mean really- are you 100% sure you wouldn't have?

    So I guess my answer is that I like to think not- but its really impossible to know.

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    • you are correct Lady, i agree with you ..
      unless you are in that situation you could not be 100% sure what you would do

      Norman_Outside the lines

      by Norman_Outside the lines on October 2nd, 2006

    • Yeah, that's exactly how I feel. I'm sure in 100 years our decendants will look back and go "wow.... we actually DID that to people" about some custom we have now that I can't even name because it seems so perfectly normal to me in this day and age...

      Ruby Doomsday

      by Ruby Doomsday on November 10th, 2007

    • Like, for example, insisting that all employees must "voluntarily" sign up for Social Security Numbers, and fire them if they don't?
      Like checking whether employees' "papers are in order" ?
      Like submitting to requests to "show me your papers" from employers, air security guards, traffic cops (when you're not doing any trafficking)?

      rodschmidt

      by rodschmidt on November 23rd, 2007

    • ...circumcision...

      Unicorn Man

      by Unicorn Man on October 25th, 2011

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