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So we should go back to slavery because slavery was thought of as a good idea for a couple thousand years?
by danbruc 11y ago
So we should go back to slavery because slavery was thought of as a good idea for a couple thousand years?
- SFLemonade 11y agoWoah! Massive logical jump there!
- danbruc 11y agoWhere is the jump? Something was done in the past, why shouldn't we continue doing so? I of course assumed that the initial comment expressed some degree of endorsement and did not just state facts.
- Malician 11y agoI read no form of endorsement in the comment, but rather a sense that this is a very common tactic in realpolitik throughout history and should not be surprising.
- danbruc 11y agoSo because slavery was common in the past I should not be surprised if someone thinks about slavery today? This makes absolutely no sense. My point doesn't really depend on the endorsement.
- cyorir 11y agoArmisael's comment is not optative; he is not saying that we should be doing something because it has been done in the past, but providing an example of when something was done in the past.