That is an interesting justification for slavery. Buying slaves off other traders makes you equally guilty by any rational thought pattern.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2008 8:32 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Religion of Peace slaughters the inocent in Mubai Ed Leafe wrote: > On Nov 26, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Geoff Flight wrote: > >> We can always trade racism in our respective countries. Your history >> is stained with blood and slavery. > > I don't understand the comparison. Both the USA and Australia > decimated the aboriginal populations. Only the USA kidnapped slaves > from other lands, brought them here, and enslaved them. Hi Ed! Really? African slaves were transported over at least three routes to countries OTHER THAN the US well into the 19th century and it may even be that the practice continues to a limited extent. It has also been my impression that the kidnapping was done by other Africans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_slave_trade -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
