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| | | (...) Right, and the "taxes" paid by the slaves -- in the form of 100% of their productivity -- aided them as well as their fellows. They were fed, clothed, and housed without ever having to worry about those things. And in some cases, the system (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This... —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) You've got to stop using the slaves as an example, because you're hurting your argument. The slaves were forcibly removed from their homeland and forcibly kept at work here as property. They had no opportunity to renounce citizenship and leave (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This... —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | What are the criteria used to determine if an analogy is adequate? No analogy will be perfect because it isn't the exact situation that is being discussed. It is a tool used to point out certain particular similarities that are important to the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This... —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Oh, come on. An analogy is inadequate if the salient characteristic likened between the two subjects is fundamentally distinct, as in the case of a slave who cannot leave the US and a citizen who can freely expatriate (and renounce that same (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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