BL> So did I. A good businessman always looks after his investment,
BL> and a slave was a *major* investment. You could buy a good
BL> horse for $100 in those days, and only a fool would let his
BL> horse suffer for lack of maintenance. So for his slave,
BL> times-ten...

RB> I didn't think you bought them, not after the first generation
RB> anyway. After that, they bred themselves, and if they didn't,
RB> the whites rutted on the black women.

 It was both! They were still transporting slaves to the US well into
the 19th Century. Like breeding horses, you sold the get as well as
buying fresh blood.

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

RB>> I've seen a few stickers on bus shelters in London offering
RB>> specialised services... "Love me! Spank me! All tastes catered
RB>> for!"

BL> And it's cheaper than buying a slave, too. Just hire one for
BL> the night.

sigh> everybody's outsourcing these days...

 ROFL!! Good one.

RB> CBIP: MOBY DICK by Herman Melville

 Moby Dick! I have never read Moby Dick. I tried a few times, but the
prose put me to sleep.

RB> Just finished: HAT FULL OF SKY by Terry Pratchett.

 You brighten my day. The World can't be all bad if Pterry keeps
writing.

RB> Just finished: GRIM TUESDAY by Garth Nix, Vol. 2 in the "Keeper
RB> of the Keys" series. Couldn't put it down!

 Jeeze! I didn't know he had written anew! I'll see if I can hunt it
down.

Regards,
Bob
 

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