mddm (ch. 62): universal slavery

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Something about free-will and causality in there somewhere, isn't there?
It reminds me of that disembodied voice urging Slothrop to continue his
journey DOWNWARD, into the bowels of that ship, to fetch that package.

Is anyone really free? Ask not for whom the whip cracks, or the the boot
heels click.


In a message dated 7/22/02 5:49:45 AM, lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de writes:

<< * "if you think you see no slaves in pennsylvania", replies capt. zhang, 
his 

 face as smooth as suet, "why, look again. they are not all african, nor do 
some 

 of them even yet know, - may never know, - that they are slaves. slavery is 

 very old upon these shores, --- there is no innocence upon the practice 

 anywhere, neither among the indians nor the spanish nor in the behavior of 
the 

 rest of christendom, if it come to that." (m&d, pp. 615f.) 


 ... happens elsewhere and another time, too ... these days there are about

 30 000 000 slaves on the planet ... check this out:


 

 http://www.iabolish.com/slavery_today.htm


 http://www.freetheslaves.net/modern_slavery.html



 and on the reparation-issue do also see:


 http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/07/reparations-0719.htm



                                                           später, kai ***