Comments on: A Reflection on Slavery http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/05/14/a-reflection-on-slavery/ Looking with non-artificial intelligence Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:02:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Susan http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/05/14/a-reflection-on-slavery/#comment-235 Susan Fri, 23 May 2008 06:19:47 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/05/14/a-reflection-on-slavery/#comment-235 Great question. I don't think anyone is free. Even the hermit in the cabin is shackled to his small plot, bounded against the population around him. Some kinds of slavery are inherited or inflicted on us -- actual human bondage and diseases are two I can think of. Even in those two instances, one could choose to act as though one were not enslaved, although the consequences in both cases could be fatal. But most slavery is a choice, and "based on the freedom that particular slavery provides" is a brilliant way to put it, Lewis. Some people say, "Pick your poison." Great question. I don’t think anyone is free. Even the hermit in the cabin is shackled to his small plot, bounded against the population around him.

Some kinds of slavery are inherited or inflicted on us — actual human bondage and diseases are two I can think of. Even in those two instances, one could choose to act as though one were not enslaved, although the consequences in both cases could be fatal.

But most slavery is a choice, and “based on the freedom that particular slavery provides” is a brilliant way to put it, Lewis. Some people say, “Pick your poison.”

]]> By: Lewis http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/05/14/a-reflection-on-slavery/#comment-231 Lewis Sat, 17 May 2008 06:11:01 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/05/14/a-reflection-on-slavery/#comment-231 And most people <strong>are</strong> slaves, but the question is, to what? Or to whom? Can we choose our slavery? If so, do we choose it based on the freedom that particular slavery provides? Time to write my follow-up post.... And most people are slaves, but the question is, to what? Or to whom? Can we choose our slavery? If so, do we choose it based on the freedom that particular slavery provides?

Time to write my follow-up post….

]]> By: Susan http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/05/14/a-reflection-on-slavery/#comment-228 Susan Wed, 14 May 2008 19:33:07 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/05/14/a-reflection-on-slavery/#comment-228 I was just listening to Leonard Cohen's song, "Closing Time." There's a line in there that relates to this: "looks like freedom and it feels like death." The whole song is a peppy illustration of the destruction that ensues when you aren't a slave. I was just listening to Leonard Cohen’s song, “Closing Time.” There’s a line in there that relates to this: “looks like freedom and it feels like death.” The whole song is a peppy illustration of the destruction that ensues when you aren’t a slave.

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