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No doubt, but that was what the British did. I made only a statement of fact. Also, as you can see from the other replies, there were other considerations at
by cryptonector 5y ago
No doubt, but that was what the British did. I made only a statement of fact.
Also, as you can see from the other replies, there were other considerations at the time. Compensation to the slave owners is morally repugnant, and yet the alternative might have also had morally repugnant consequences. In any case, that is what they did.
- space_fountain 5y agoNo I agree, and I think it made sense for you to reply with that honestly I might have had you not, but I think it is fair to say that it’s at least morally counter intuitive
- kbenson 5y ago> I think it is fair to say that it’s at least morally counter intuitive Only in that as a society, we seem to have decided (or come to through emergent behavior) that viewing sweeping socioeconomic changes and what might actually result from them with anything other than a cursory surface analysis is too much effort. :/
- hammock 5y ago>morally counter intuitive That is the insight that is why I started this comment thread in the first place. Honestly, I was hoping for more interesting discussion on HN from it than I got.