Dizzle229 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 HEY EVERYONE! COOLGUY SUPPORTS SLAVERY!!!!!!! :lol: Get back here so I can rub your butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Nuff said. Nice edit :lol: [bleep] the law, they can eat my dick that's word to Pimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowayout59 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I would own a slave, but I wouldn't treat it like [cabbage]. It would do all the work I didn't want to, but it would get fed properly, eat with me/family, have its own room, and get more than rags for clothes. Then once I became rich, I would have a "slave house" where it has many rooms, with many slaves (still good standards of living) and I would be nice to them, no whips or bulling, as long as they did as they are told. Sicus Locum Para Bellum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meol Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Morality is much more important than legality in my eyes. And this slavery the OP mentions would be especially immoral now we've already abolished it and people are "used" to human rights. Now, the question becomes much more interesting once the line between human and sub-human (or not human, animal, etc.) begins to fade. This signature is intentionally left blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_de_Sable Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I bet you were all expecting me to say yes. No, that's absolutely horrific. We live in a world where, thank God, that couldn't happen anyway, but if it did I wouldn't consider it for a second. [English translation needed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiriyama Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I bet you were all expecting me to say yes. No, that's absolutely horrific. We live in a world where, thank God, that couldn't happen anyway, but if it did I wouldn't consider it for a second. Damn, I would have thought you would have. I agree with Robert here, we now live in a more civilized society where all have equal rights. If I could afford to, I'd hire them on a wage just to avoid them being slaves. Denizen of Darkness| PSN= sworddude198 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_de_Sable Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I bet you were all expecting me to say yes. No, that's absolutely horrific. We live in a world where, thank God, that couldn't happen anyway, but if it did I wouldn't consider it for a second. Damn, I would have thought you would have. :lol: I agree with Robert here, we now live in a more civilized society where all have equal rights. If I could afford to, I'd hire them on a wage just to avoid them being slaves. Yeah, this is what I wanted to say. I'd like to have someone who would fulfill all the duties of a slave but somehow not have to live such a terrible life. Sounds weird. [English translation needed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powman3 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I can't give an answer because I would not know if I would if I were in that situation. I can tell you right now, I am highly against slavery, but I can't give an honest answer because I wouldn't know what to do in that situation. Hard to explain. :wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 No, I wouldn't. I like to do things for myself, and if I can't/have too many things to do, then I'll probably have enough money to hire an assistant :P "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 This is a dumb question. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 It's not much of a difference paying your sweatshop workers pennies a day. You just can't legally beat them. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1_man_army Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 At this point, in first world countries, I don't think human slavery is really possible. Too many activists, too many laws that would get in the way. Now, here's the real question. If we created thinking AI robots, andh ad them do all the hard labor jobs for us, but then they became self aware, would we keep them as slaves? Women are shipped over from China and Eastern Europe and forced to work as sex workers in first world countries. These people are slaves. I presume you meant making slavery legal was impossible in first world countries though. As for the OP's question; no I wouldn't own a slave, even if it was legal to do so. The idea of owning a person and forcing them to work for you is immoral. He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart,and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_love_burritos Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Well, I wouldn't own a slave per se, but I'd have a "worker" that I'd treat better than a slave. Like a close family friend / robot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flodder450 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 i'd buy one,but give him a good life(proper schooling,clothes,entertainment ect.) 99 Firemaking 30-5-2010 | 99 Fletching 13-7-2014 TET-AU member:6-10-2010 - 21-10-2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Slavery already happens in numerous nations. Particularly in the west and southern coasts of the US where illegal immigrant Asians and Mexicans are essentially enslaved in the form of indentured servitude. I've seen it first-hand. I would never own one. Human life is precious and something to be cherished, not squandered. And define "inferior" to me, as that term is a label applied by an ignorant onlooker. If these people are human, albeit culturally undeveloped, we should protect them like similar tribes found in remote regions of the world. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furah Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Yeah, I'd have no problems with having a slave. Steam | PM me for BBM PIN Nine naked men is a technological achievement. Quote of 2013. PCGamingWiki - Let's fix PC gaming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryjoe Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 i'd buy one,but give him a good life(proper schooling,clothes,entertainment ect.) yah, mee too, id dress him up in lots of clothes i like and take it for walks and stuff, maybe even teach him to do a few tricks to impress my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utopianflame Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 People are not things, they are not tools, to be used for your own gain. So no, never. there are no stupid questions just way too many inquisitive idiots balance is scary to people who like things easy for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I'd build a giant Colosseum and have death matches between them. Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furah Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I'd support it, hell yes. But it would be more efficient if we enslaved them until 16 and then drafted the males and seduced the females. Fix'd. ;) Steam | PM me for BBM PIN Nine naked men is a technological achievement. Quote of 2013. PCGamingWiki - Let's fix PC gaming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necrobean Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I'd rather have one of those monkeys, atleast those can't complain or speak. Slave monkeys is where it's at. ;> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiriyama Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I'd rather have one of those monkeys, atleast those can't complain or speak. Slave monkeys is where it's at. You'll have PETA on your arse though. They'll be fine with ensalving humans, probably. Denizen of Darkness| PSN= sworddude198 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millard Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 If slavery was legal my Mum would be out of a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzle229 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 If slavery was legal my Mum would be out of a job. That could be seriously taken out of context... Get back here so I can rub your butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Most (unwealthy average) people in capitalist western societies are enslaved by money and debts, living in delusional 'freedom'. You don't have to wear a steel ball chained to your legs, but you're still doing things you hate just to pay off necessities. The steel ball is mental unlike in feudal Europe or old America when it was physical. Living conditions have improved and you can have your own/rented residence & family now, but you'll still be working a job you despise for 'big money' which is only interested in accumulating increased profits for their quarterly reports to appease even bigger money and investors. Of course that doesn't apply to some of the smart people here who probably have a shot at landing a job they enjoy working (or already have one), but even in the US, the vast majority of the population works tedious labour jobs that could be likened to slavery, jobs that should be only fit for a machine. Slavery exists and will always exist; People with money outsourcing dirty and tedious jobs to poorer people who have no option except compliance (or starvation). Being able to afford a TV or a vacation isn't really relevant. By working minimum wage or close to it in the US you are practically a slave like those in ancient Rome; living from hand to mouth every paycheck without the possibility of advancement. Instead of an actual master telling you what to do, your master is now simply currency; Money. It's inanimate and cold, yet it makes the same clear, cruel point to poor people without saying a word: If you don't continue working your tedious job, your existence will crumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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