Guest, #, that's the perfect summary of a reflection I've been mulling all day.

1. The distinction between worse treatment is not mine. It's reality.
2. Europeans did suffer some types of slavery.
3. The minute a culture that has known slavery in any form, as the victims, agrees to do it to another culture, and create generations of death thereby, instead of applying compassion to end it for all people-- that's the moment they lose claim to whatever cachet their own ancient victimization carried morally.

Now as to types of slavery. It all boils down to one fulcrum-type question. Did the persons kidnapped come from a culture with a ransom mechanism or not??? I am pretty sure, after days of actual study of the Algerine slavery, that only US chattel slavery came with no hope of ransom-- or military recapture.

I'm also well aware of Europeans whose enslavement memories were used to color their indenturement experiences, to attempt to justify and deflect attention away from their eventual participation in enchattelment.... instead of ending it.


Now I know that this is a 'song' thread. Since the other applicabe thread was closed and I have no interest in starting a fresh round of the pissing contest, what the hell. I'll post here.