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Wed Aug-30-06 03:06 PM
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Slaves didn't have "Masters" |
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They had enslavers or captors !...
Why do we continuously call the enslaver "Master"... He should appropriately be refered to as Captor or enslaver...
The word "Master" continues to give the captor a certain sense of superiority..
I think this practice should be stopped.
Words do matter !....as our Regressive Rethuglicans have shown us !
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:08 PM
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1. Exactly. Also, Lincoln should have wiped those CAPTORS... |
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Thu Aug-31-06 10:04 AM
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And becuase Lincoln didn't... We now have the "captors" in power now in Washington !
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:10 PM
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2. Actually, they have "owners" |
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which pretty much displays what RWers consider about the value of human dignity versus money.
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:14 PM
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4. Thus, their "ownership society." n/y |
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Thu Aug-31-06 10:23 AM
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17. Right. And the slaves to were part of that ownership society. |
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...just to point out that in an ownership society, not everyone is an owner. It's generally a wealthy minority that gets to own 'stuff', including people. Though this is probably quite obvious to most on DU.
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:11 PM
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3. By all means, let's get bogged down in semantics... |
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...now that all the other problems are solved.
Sheesh! :eyes:
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:17 PM
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5. i can chew gum and walk at the same time !! |
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:25 PM
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9. That may be, but discussions like this one feed the ridicule of the left |
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Edited on Wed Aug-30-06 03:28 PM by Richardo
Do we really have to go looking for NEW things to be outraged over?
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:29 PM
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11. Why don't you just skip this post.... |
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Or maybe something in you likes the word "Master"
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:17 PM
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6. The enslavers and captors were those who |
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enslaved and captured. They were mostly Africans. Although some Arabs--and fewer West Europeans--got their hands dirty with the actual enslaving.
Of course, I'm not sure what to call the act of enslaving newborns, the 'natural increase' of the slave population. "Born free" seems hardly the proper phrase.
'Master' and 'owner' work fine, but refer (as do 'enslaver' and 'captor') to different things. The actual owner may have had little contact with the field hands in parts of the South, esp. on large-scale plantations.
The master did have a kind of superiority: he could beat his slave with little legal consequence, while if the slave beat back he'd be in serious trouble. Legally and socially, the master and owner, whether Arab, black, or white were superior.
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:32 PM
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14. I know what you mean......but I think |
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the word "captor" or "enslaver" can still be used correctly to describe the "owner"
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:18 PM
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7. Does that mean I have a Captors Degree? |
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:24 PM
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8. ...or Enslavers - you pick. |
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:27 PM
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10. This is what Fox News would have said about that... |
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Wed Aug-30-06 03:41 PM
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15. We are being held hostage? |
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We are not enslaved, nor are they our masters. So then we are temporarily captive, just waiting to be released?
I like the term 'Hostage' as in held hostage to the e-voting, the M$M lies, and the big money, which for the time being holds power.
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