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To: LexBaird

I agree. Impractical, in today’s world, but certainly not immoral when used as a punishment, as it was in the time of the Israelites.

Permanent (especially hereditary) involuntary servitude, in all parts of the world and at all times, is wrong.


84 posted on 04/09/2007 6:03:47 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.)
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To: Sherman Logan
Impractical, in today’s world

Not at all. Think "20 years of hard labor" or even a weekend picking up trash along roadsides. Those are both instances of involuntary servitude. I don't believe it moral to sell this service, however, as is done in Chinese prison labor. That changes it from punishment by a sanctioned societal authority to enslavement for profit.

87 posted on 04/09/2007 6:15:06 PM PDT by LexBaird (98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
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