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Old 6th May 2008, 09:24   #15 (permalink)
peterstorey
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Originally Posted by Plechazunga View Post
The way we see the slave trade now, compared with how normal it felt to those who were involved in it at the time, is analogous to the way our descendents in a century or two will view our meat-eating.

You heard it here first.
What they'll really cane us for is having the resources to give the Third World a basic standard of living yet keeping them for ourselves.
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