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Is it really true that once you quit UPS you can't go back?
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<blockquote data-quote="PPH_over_9000" data-source="post: 5106360" data-attributes="member: 79761"><p>Are you.... are you being serious?</p><p></p><p>Jesus christ, I think I just had my first "ok boomer" moment.</p><p></p><p>So hey, rule of thumb for the world wide interwebs: if you can't say for certain whether a comment you're responding to was made in seriousness or in jest, it might be best to just leave your reply left unsent.</p><p></p><p>If you really want it, though: Why do you focus only on slavery in America? Why not the rest of the Americas? Europe? The Middle East?</p><p></p><p>Frankly, if you want to have a discussion about slavery where it was statistically problematic, let's have a discussion about Brazil, Cuba or Haiti. Sure it was a problem in the US, but we played a much smaller role compared to other countries. To be frank, slavery wasn't abolished because people found it to be problematic on the whole-- nay, slavery was abolished in the North to deprive the South of a large portion of it's conscripted (read: enslaved) fighting force.</p><p></p><p>Fun fact: The emancipation proclamation did nothing for the enslaved in the territories in which it had legal standing. It's kind of funny how the North freed the South's slaves without mentioning any of their own at the time, huh? Kind of makes a person think that abolition had nothing to do with moral standing and everything to do with a political game of chess.</p><p></p><p>And how do you feel about indentured servitude? Akin to slavery? Not quite the same? I mean really, what's your take on it? Do you think that's just the word they used when white people were the slaves, or is it a bit less insidious than that? I don't mean to hit you with 21 questions but it's only right that you indulge me considering I'm in your bailiwick and all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PPH_over_9000, post: 5106360, member: 79761"] Are you.... are you being serious? Jesus christ, I think I just had my first "ok boomer" moment. So hey, rule of thumb for the world wide interwebs: if you can't say for certain whether a comment you're responding to was made in seriousness or in jest, it might be best to just leave your reply left unsent. If you really want it, though: Why do you focus only on slavery in America? Why not the rest of the Americas? Europe? The Middle East? Frankly, if you want to have a discussion about slavery where it was statistically problematic, let's have a discussion about Brazil, Cuba or Haiti. Sure it was a problem in the US, but we played a much smaller role compared to other countries. To be frank, slavery wasn't abolished because people found it to be problematic on the whole-- nay, slavery was abolished in the North to deprive the South of a large portion of it's conscripted (read: enslaved) fighting force. Fun fact: The emancipation proclamation did nothing for the enslaved in the territories in which it had legal standing. It's kind of funny how the North freed the South's slaves without mentioning any of their own at the time, huh? Kind of makes a person think that abolition had nothing to do with moral standing and everything to do with a political game of chess. And how do you feel about indentured servitude? Akin to slavery? Not quite the same? I mean really, what's your take on it? Do you think that's just the word they used when white people were the slaves, or is it a bit less insidious than that? I don't mean to hit you with 21 questions but it's only right that you indulge me considering I'm in your bailiwick and all. [/QUOTE]
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