Do you think that if there had been Prozac during the pre-Civil War slave days, the slaves would not have minded being enslaved so much?

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• I am interested in how you stumbled upon such a clever question though.....

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  by Junk Yard Dog on January 3rd, 2007

• I have to disagree with being treated well, having no rights, being sold at an auction block as a object is by no means good treatment.

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  by PurpleRN on January 3rd, 2007

• Slaves were sold off as merchandise at auctions, their families were separated, the women were raped regularly by the plantation owners, and their labor was exploited so that someone else could be rich, brutal and lazy. Hardly sounds like a good life to me.

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  by bowlinggreen on January 3rd, 2007

• Well, like I said, they didn't know any better at the time. Don't confuse my answer with me supporting slavery, because I don't. How would a person know of a "freedom" if they had never heard of, see , or knew one could even exist? That's my point. Also, many black people owned slaves in those times, so for people to think it's all the white man's fault, sure most of it was, but not all of it. I answered with honesty and integriety.

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  by Junk Yard Dog on January 3rd, 2007

• I think that even people who have never known freedom can tell that a whip cracking on their back is something they don't want. We still have slaves today, but the slavery is just disguised to look like something else... when women are forced into prostitution that is slavery. The women who work in sweatshops are slaves too, even if they get a measly salary, they are vulnerable and highly exploited.

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  by bowlinggreen on January 3rd, 2007

• I agree bowling, woman around the world are highly taken advantage of.

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  by PurpleRN on January 3rd, 2007

• So are men who are poor. Look at the huge farms in California and the latinos who work on them. Men are primarily exploited for their aggressiveness (military recruiting in poor areas) and for their labor. Women are exploited for their sexuality and for their labor.

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  by bowlinggreen on January 3rd, 2007

• Do you think that strip clubs in the United States and other countries are in some way a type of slavery?

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  by PurpleRN on January 3rd, 2007

• I definitely think they are exploitative. Sometimes women from poor countries are offered a job abroad then tricked into working in them. In other cases, women who are good looking but drug addicted or trying to raise kids on their own, will go there to work. For the most part, they mostly capitalize on misfortune, but not entirely. Some women just want to work there because the attention they get feeds their ego. But if you read interviews with strippers, there is usually sadness, substance abuse and self-delusion there.

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  by bowlinggreen on January 3rd, 2007

• I just think it kind of is (I myself was a bit tricked into this whole scenario when I was 19 and became one) because they tell you, you're going to make all the this money alls you have to do is show a little bit of skin no big deal, and then you find out there are many nights you make no money, and you actually end up having to pay them, the men there treat you like absolute crap and try to make you do things more than what you're willing to do, and now that I dont want to do that type of work anymore it's been really difficult for me to find new work at a normal job anywhere, and I've never done any type of drugs I'm not even an alcoholic.

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  by PurpleRN on January 3rd, 2007

• Don't give up on trying to find work in a field that will best use your talents. The best way to find work is to network! Looking for a job in the paper is not a really good way. Walk into a business that you like, introduce yourself and strike up a conversation with the owner. Tell them how much you'd like to learn that trade or business and that you're looking for a job. Don't even call it a job... for example, go into a floral shop and tell them how much you like flowers, and that you wonder if the owner is looking to hire an assitant or knows someone who has a shop that may need help. Employers are looking for ENTHUSIASM first and foremost. If you can show that you have this, and that you're reliable, an opportunity will unfold for you, I am sure of it!

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  by bowlinggreen on January 3rd, 2007

• Well, I know I will have a job right away after I am done with RN school, but that wont be for another 2 years, so Im kind of stuck for now; I am always enthusiastic, nice, kind hearted, all of the above, it's just michigans economy is horrible, and pretty much no one has a job.

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  by PurpleRN on January 4th, 2007