The question that makes fundies hostile

[Drich]

My father was a semi-skilled factory worker, and that was not a good thing to be at that time. The company left to go to Tennessee to take advantage of those Orwellianly-named “right to work” laws, he had the rug pulled out from him. He got lucky and found a job elsewhere, but that only lasted a few years before that happened again. Both companies have since left the US, again in search of cheap labor.

I did read you whole post and I believe you missed the point I was making. I wasn't talking about domestic slavery persay. I was talking about the 'cheap labor' your dad lost his job to. If a semi skilled factory worker (I am assuming he was union) lost his job to 'cheap labor' it went to mexico or China. As bad or as little as your dad had, how much less does the guy who got your dad's job have? This guy is the slave I am shinning the light on. Because even if we do not have a job here, we still can get something to eat through goverment assistance. The guy is China can't. If he gets hurt or looses his job he depends on his family or he is done.

What I also pointed out was that it is our partisipation in days like the up comming black friday that forces companies into places like china and mexico so they can compete in black fridays and every other day of the year. Because people claim to abhore slavery, but mow each other down to get the products of modern day slavery when ever the oppertunity presents itself.

Maybe if you took your head out of the sand and weren't so into looking for a way to feel sorrow for yourself and the rest of the 99% who benifit from true modern day slavery, you would have seen everything I said here in my previous post, and I would not had to have repeat it here just for you.

That said I will underscore my orginal point, because I'm sure you missed that too. The Idea of Slavery should be taken out of the 1700's and rightfully applied anywhere the conditions fit. Slavery should not be abolished, as this soceity and every soceity since the beginning of organized soceity has needed slavery. That said it should be heavily regulated, and the owners of said slaves should be held to high standards, or their products (whatever they are) should be bann in the freemarket, until they meet realistic living conditions for the people they 'employ.'