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Because they were prisoners? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_State...
by M8 11y ago
Because they were prisoners?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_State...
- cushychicken 11y agoAnd what, apart from legal approval, is morally or materially different about forcing a prisoner to work and forcing a free citizen to work?
- lqdc13 11y agoWhat, apart from legal approval is morally or materially different from performing capital punishment on convicted murderers and performing capital punishment on a free citizen? The point is there is a spectrum/grey line.
- ars 11y agoI find it pretty disturbing that you can't tell the difference. That's a rather serious moral failing on your part.
- cushychicken 11y agoSweet! Value judgments on the internet!
- dragonwriter 11y agoPrisoners have been one of the most common types of slaves in history. And one of the few explicitly tolerated as such in places that like to claim they've abolished slavery. [0] [0] See, e.g., US Constitution, Amendment XIII