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Subject:RE: FW: SLAVE labor? Just a darn minute... From:"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:27:47 -0400
Nah. What Uma_Nakkeeran is doing is showing that the sum of two words is
not necessarily the same as each individual word by itself. That is, if
you take words out of context and focus on them in any language, you
change the meaning. Be it deliberate or accidental, this inspection of
the words separately led to a misinterpretation of the original message,
whereby the reader superimposes their own thoughts over those of the
original author in the original context.
>Who is a slave?
>A man earning for HIS family - is he a slave?
>A woman taking care of her family, doing all the chores of the house
and
>going for a job- is she a slave?
>If that is the case, we being 'employees' to our employers - can that
be
>termed as slave?
>
I know what you're saying, and agree with it. However, I can't resist
pointing out that early twentieth century radicals in North America used
the term "wage slavery" to refer our economic system. The point was, of
course, that, even though people are nominally free, they are often tied
to jobs by necessity.
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