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Old 04-11-2014, 09:50 AM
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Hey Tony,

On the subject of slavery alone, I recently saw that film "12 Years A Slave", and in a footnote at the end, it said there were currently around 140 million people in slavery around the world - more than at any other time in history.

So we may not be doing as well as you thought - sorry !
Hi Paul,

Yes, we are not there yet. But now slavery is seen as a crime, rather than being OK.

That is a big step forward.

In the same way, being gay was once seen as a crime. Now it's no longer criminal to be gay (at least in Australia). We're gradually getting there. To be sure, the road is littered with corpses, and that is a horrible tragedy. But we owe it to those who died for no good reason to press on.

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Tony Barry
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