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Old 09-14-2013, 12:40 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cretaceous Bob View Post
Having rules for the treatment of slaves is inherently advocating slavery. You know why we don't have rules for how you can or can't treat slaves? Because you're not fucking supposed to have slaves.
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yeah. we know that /now/. you can't paint history with your modern brush if you want to understand the broader message, to pull from it usable truth. seek the good, man.

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