Meta: Abolitionists and Slaves

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

So, I have a bit of a meta question....

We've seen people like Jeff, Dylan and even the Catholic Church, argue that, given the state of things in the USNA, keeping slaves and treating them well is the right/humane thing to do.

Then there's the argument that keeping slaves at all is wrong, and that it's better to either pay the fines and remove yourself from society (Cate Blanchett is a good example) or to deliberately live poor so that you don't have to own slaves (although we haven't gone into this much yet, David Hewlett's mother and his sister Kate live like this).

I'm kind of curious as to what people here think: which way makes more sense in the context of the AKB verse and which way is more ethical in that same context?

PS: There may be other examples of both sides, I'm kind of behind on the more recent additions to the 'verse.

Comments

Re: Speaking of history/slavery

[angels3.livejournal.com]

*giggles* My dad is French Irish and my mom is Welsh Irish can you say TEMPER.

Re: Speaking of history/slavery

[asknosecrets.livejournal.com]

I'm a mix of Irish, English, German, and Russian. I'm going to invade your country, steal your potatoes, and make them into vodka.

Re: Speaking of history/slavery

[angels3.livejournal.com]

Hey now hands off my potatoes. We already had the potatoe famine once damn it!

Re: Speaking of history/slavery

[asknosecrets.livejournal.com]

That was kind of my point. ;) (That would be the Irish blood...)