RE: Exodus 21
November 9, 2018 at 4:09 pm
(This post was last modified: November 9, 2018 at 4:15 pm by Astreja.)
I, on the other hand, am perfectly happy with the 32" TV that I got so that my late mum could have a better TV to watch things on. I don't even watch TV and might end up giving the set away if I can't find a use for it. No cell phone either, let alone a state-of-the-art smartphone. No "celebrity" or brand-name clothing, except for a fleece jacket embroidered with the logo of the local symphony.
Most of my clothes I get at second-hand stores. My favourite coffee shops (independents, not chains) deal in fair-trade beans. There are many countries whose goods I simply won't buy. Whenever possible I buy local produce, assuming I didn't just grow it myself.
I'm one of the people who *is* trying to vote with their wallet.
I find it utterly hilarious that Drich's signature contains the phrase "Question all things and hold on to what is good."
And I suspect that if someone drove up to his home and took him and his entire family away to serve as slaves, things wouldn't be quite so hunky-dory anymore.
It's easy to say crap like "that was how they did things back then" or "it wasn't so bad" or "they did it that way because they had no choice." Not one of those arguments addresses the underlying issue: Slavery hurts people. It is a blatant violation of human rights, and any god worthy of the name should have bloody well known better.
Most of my clothes I get at second-hand stores. My favourite coffee shops (independents, not chains) deal in fair-trade beans. There are many countries whose goods I simply won't buy. Whenever possible I buy local produce, assuming I didn't just grow it myself.
I'm one of the people who *is* trying to vote with their wallet.
I find it utterly hilarious that Drich's signature contains the phrase "Question all things and hold on to what is good."
And I suspect that if someone drove up to his home and took him and his entire family away to serve as slaves, things wouldn't be quite so hunky-dory anymore.
It's easy to say crap like "that was how they did things back then" or "it wasn't so bad" or "they did it that way because they had no choice." Not one of those arguments addresses the underlying issue: Slavery hurts people. It is a blatant violation of human rights, and any god worthy of the name should have bloody well known better.
