Excerpting ruthlessly from the thoughtful posting by Dr. Hardwick:
> If you believe that slavery contradicts the essential
> premises of our political and constitutional order,
> then the behaviour of people in Africa is irrelevant.

Right. This came up two days ago in a slightly different way, when we were 
discussing whether being a slave under perverted laws and practices really 
makes you a slave by nature. In my view your original enslavement by your 
countrymen, before your sale to people from other lands, does not somehow 
make you a slave by nature.
Steve Corneliussen 

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