urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 6, Issue 7

Chris · 04 Feb 2005, 17:02 · from 2005-February.txt.gz

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From: rasputin_ at hotmail.com (Chris)
Date: Fri Feb  4 17:02:04 2005
Subject: (urth) Re: urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 6, Issue 7
In-Reply-To: <20050205003720.90866.qmail at web25703.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BAY102-F35880E0A2E9EDDAA3BF3EF86710 at phx.gbl>

The one and only argument that might be considered pro-slavery that I can 
recall from Wolfe offhand is the reminder that *for the ancients* a certain 
amount slavery was actually the humane way to eliminate a conquered city as 
a potential threat - the alternative being wholesale slaughter.

I don't think that could be held as a pro-slavery argument in anything like 
this context.

> > Wolfe sets his face like granite against this
> > slavery, in book after book.
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>I agree that he often discusses slavery.
>Often he submits arguments in favour of it.
>I think he understood that slavery was not always a
>bad thing... if the slave was willing.
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