-=> BOB LAWRENCE wrote to ROBERT BULL <=-
 
 BL>  It was both! They were still transporting slaves to the US well
 BL> into the 19th Century. Like breeding horses, you sold the get as
 BL> well as buying fresh blood.

 BL>  Aside from the poor-bloody slaves themselves, slave owners
 BL> hardened themselves against humanity in order to justify the evil
 BL> they did - just as soldiers do in war, and return as damaged
 BL> human beings. We humans are very good at justifying oureselves. I
 BL> worry about Tories and Republicans, who like Nazis put the State,
 BL> or profit, ahead of human beings. All you need is a brass band
 BL> and a maniac like Hitler (or an easily-led idiot like George
 BL> Dubya), and hell breaks out all over.

Not to go too political here but the current administration
reminds me of the "Robocop" series with Dubya representing
the President of O.C.P. ( Omni Consumer Products)
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