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> Considering wages are being held and passports are taken, I'd say the use of the word slave is justified. Slavery has a very unambiguous definition -- people
by ihsw 13y ago
> Considering wages are being held and passports are taken, I'd say the use of the word slave is justified.
Slavery has a very unambiguous definition -- people are treated as property where they're traded and sold, and forced to work. If passports are being collected and passed around in a slavery market then I'd agree with you, but as it stands there is no such evidence of that.
- jessaustin 13y ago...as it stands there is no such evidence of that. There have certainly been allegations of it, including on this comment page. Why should we assume the best possible interpretation of how Qatari projects might be staffed with manual labor? Based on the little I've learned, any assumptions I make are more likely to go in the other direction.
- ihsw 13y agoPersonally I refuse to entertain conjecture and hearsay, so I have no interest in making any assumptions or interpretations.
- jessaustin 13y agoMaybe I'm dense, but your comment above reads to me as if you're assuming: "nothing to see here, move along!"