OT stupid Welsh and Americans (was Re: Cirris 1000)

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Mon Aug 2 20:31:09 CDT 2004


On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:

> I think the British did outlaw outright slavery before we did in the US (not
> sure what their reason would be). I do find it comical when blacks ask for
> reparations for slavery, since it was black people in Africa enslaving other
> blacks in the first place, the brits just provided shipping to get them here
> to the US.

Ugh.  There is this little thing called "demand" that, in most systems of
trade, works in unison with the concept of "supply".

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