Juneteenth

People are still enslaved, brutally in many parts of the world. Nobody thinks about it, but even some of our so called allies in the middle east have effectively slavery (if called a slightly nicer name.)

Look at what is going on with UAE and Saudi Arabia, do they truly have better human rights records than Iran? (They certainly have more slaves than Iran.) Yet they are our best friends, while Iran is the worst regime in the world?

Quote: GenoDRPh

Necessary? Hardly.

Of course it was "necessary" back then.

Without slavery the South and the Caribbean would have been of little economic value, given the need for slave labor to plant, cultivate, harvest and transport.

Without slavery our development and history would be quite different.

It happened...get over it, move on, and give the devil his due.

Quote: missedhervee

Of course it was "necessary" back then.

Without slavery the South and the Caribbean would have been of little economic value, given the need for slave labor to plant, cultivate, harvest and transport.

Without slavery our development and history would be quite different.

It happened...get over it, move on, and give the devil his due.

The devil can eff off. And I hope the enslavers and their defenders are burning in Hell for all eternity.

I would be completely okay with a different history if there wasn't slavery in the New World. With the untapped resources and lands, we would have been just fine. Just like we are now.

Quote: GenoDRPh

The devil can eff off. And I hope the enslavers and their defenders are burning in Hell for all eternity.

I would be completely okay with a different history if there wasn't slavery in the New World. With the untapped resources and lands, we would have been just fine. Just like we are now.

History is history and it doesn't matter worth a hoot whether or not you happen to "be okay" with it.

Oh sure, I get that you don't like that it happened, but then again there's a lot that people have done over the mellenia that irks me too.

So what?

It is what it is: tell you what...shit in one hand and wish in the other, then tell me which you have more of in hand?

BTW we are FAR from "just fine" now, or haven't you noticed the assault on the US Constitution by MAGA and its stooges?

Quote: missedhervee

History is history and it doesn't matter worth a hoot whether or not you happen to "be okay" with it.

Oh sure, I get that you don't like that it happened, but then again there's a lot that people have done over the mellenia that irks me too.

So what?

It is what it is: tell you what...shit in one hand and wish in the other, then tell me which you have more of in hand?

BTW we are FAR from "just fine" now, or haven't you noticed the assault on the US Constitution by MAGA and its stooges?

I planned a work trip to Atlanta this week not realizing that Friday was Juneteenth. It cost me close to $300 to change my flight home from Friday to Thursday.