RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
October 20, 2019 at 1:21 am
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2019 at 1:29 am by Dmitry1983.)
(October 19, 2019 at 10:46 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(October 19, 2019 at 10:39 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: I'm pro-slavery since it is in the Bible. But as an intellectually honest atheist if you are against slavery then you also should be against conscription.Conscription democratizes defense.
Slavery democratizes cotton picking
(October 19, 2019 at 11:48 am)Deesse23 Wrote: If you are pro slavery á la bible, then you are morally bancrupt and should be ashamed of yourself.
Atheists don't have objective morality so your opinion is irrelevant.
(October 19, 2019 at 1:25 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(October 19, 2019 at 10:39 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery
Explain what I don't understand here. Definition seems pretty straightforward to me
Except that conscription is specifically not unfree labour.
However, under the ILO of 1930, the term forced or compulsory labour shall not include:
• any work or service exacted in virtue of laws for work of a purely military character;
• any work or service which forms part of the normal civic obligations of the citizens of a fully country;
And indeed nor is it forced labour.
Exceptions included work done while serving in a military organization, community service when the work serves the community, and anyone convicted and serving a prison sentence.[
according to the links in the Wikipedia article on slavery you posted.
According to wikipedia article itself:
Quote: In a broader sense, however, the word slavery may also refer to any situation in which an individual is de facto forced to work against their own will. Scholars also use the more generic terms such as unfree labour or forced labour to refer to such situations.[2] However, and especially under slavery in broader senses of the word, slaves may have some rights and protections according to laws or customs.
Quote:Forced labour, or unfree labour, is sometimes used to refer to when an individual is forced to work against their own will, under threat of violence or other punishment, but the generic term unfree labour is also used to describe chattel slavery, as well as any other situation in which a person is obliged to work against their own will and a person's ability to work productively is under the complete control of another person.[2] This may also include institutions not commonly classified as slavery, such as serfdom, conscription and .