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On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:05:05 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone
wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 20:09:49 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The country with probably the longest history of slavery making comments like that? Those that they didn't sell into slavery or enslave in foreign countries, they shipped of to Australian to die. White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain?s White Slaves in America https://nyupress.org/9780814742969/white-cargo/ Snopes gives that meme a grade of ?Well, not quite true?. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ir...early-america/ As usual, reality lives between the extremes. The consensus seems to be that Snopes is generally correct, but I prefer to read (skim) the available literature and make up my own mind about a topic I know little. So far, the only thing I've read worth debating is whether indentured servitude or volunteer slavery is bad, evil, illegal, etc with plenty of opinions at each extreme. Right. And there are still a lot of legal ways to be “indentured”. Just listen to Ernest Tubb’s song Sixteen Tons or talk to somebody working multiple minimum wage jobs to barely pay for food and rent. Seriously now, isn't it possible in the U.S. today to get along on minimum salary? I don't mean to have the 40" TV in the toilet and all, but to get along? Maybe only one bicycle (I know how scary that is) and a second hand car, pay the rent and eat? I know that some states have an extremely low minimum but California, for example, it is $13.00/hour - $104/8 hour day, $520/5 day week. Cheers, John B. |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 22:49:13 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 7/27/2020 12:30 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:05:05 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 20:09:49 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The country with probably the longest history of slavery making comments like that? Those that they didn't sell into slavery or enslave in foreign countries, they shipped of to Australian to die. White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain?s White Slaves in America https://nyupress.org/9780814742969/white-cargo/ Snopes gives that meme a grade of ?Well, not quite true?. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ir...early-america/ As usual, reality lives between the extremes. The consensus seems to be that Snopes is generally correct, but I prefer to read (skim) the available literature and make up my own mind about a topic I know little. So far, the only thing I've read worth debating is whether indentured servitude or volunteer slavery is bad, evil, illegal, etc with plenty of opinions at each extreme. Right. And there are still a lot of legal ways to be “indentured”. Just listen to Ernest Tubb’s song Sixteen Tons or talk to somebody working multiple minimum wage jobs to barely pay for food and rent. Seriously now, isn't it possible in the U.S. today to get along on minimum salary? I don't mean to have the 40" TV in the toilet and all, but to get along? Maybe only one bicycle (I know how scary that is) and a second hand car, pay the rent and eat? I know that some states have an extremely low minimum but California, for example, it is $13.00/hour - $104/8 hour day, $520/5 day week. Cheers, John B. At the start of our marriage, I felt fairly poor. Our bank account was scarily low. I didn't see how we would ever afford a house. I read a book called _Champagne Living on a Beer Budget_ or something like that. It seemed intended for people living in a big city apartment, which was not us; but it had tons of tips, like "Why do you think your four kitchen chairs have to match? Buy whatever's at Goodwill and paint them. Why do you think your toaster needs to be chrome? Paint a rusty one. Why do you need two cars, or even one? Ride your bike!" And "Good old stuff is GOOD!" We kind of followed that advice for a while. (Except we did buy the tandem.) In a few years, we had our down payment for a house. A few years later, we were paying cash to buy cars. We didn't have fancy furniture, the world's best stereo, the fanciest bikes. But we didn't have debt, except for the house - and we paid that off early. I now know a young couple in our neighborhood who spend thousands of dollars at the drop of a hat, while complaining about not having money. Heck, their boat probably cost as much as our finest car. You was probably raised wrong. After all I've read you talking about having to work - paper route - as a child. In a more modern time your folks would probably be taken to court over child abuse. Cheers, John B. |
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On 7/27/2020 2:16 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:57:17 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/26/2020 4:42 PM, wrote: On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 1:09:57 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The country with probably the longest history of slavery making comments like that? Those that they didn't sell into slavery or enslave in foreign countries, they shipped of to Australian to die. White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America https://nyupress.org/9780814742969/white-cargo/ Snopes gives that meme a grade of “Well, not quite true”. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ir...early-america/ Snopes and Answers are entirely politicized and misleading. Don't believe one single thing they "rule" on. OK, give us your alternative. https://www.factcheck.org https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fact-checking_websites#United_States I use the first two mostly for double checking political claims. For urban legends, I use Snopes. In all cases, I try to find the source and only cite the fact checking web pile or Wikipedia when I'm busy, lazy, hit a paywall, or can't find anything better. "There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can’t keep up" https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/04/15/coronavirus-misinformation-snopes/ Thanks, Jeff. Tom? Your turn! -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 12:37:37 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/27/2020 2:16 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:57:17 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/26/2020 4:42 PM, wrote: On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 1:09:57 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The country with probably the longest history of slavery making comments like that? Those that they didn't sell into slavery or enslave in foreign countries, they shipped of to Australian to die. White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America https://nyupress.org/9780814742969/white-cargo/ Snopes gives that meme a grade of “Well, not quite true”. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ir...early-america/ Snopes and Answers are entirely politicized and misleading. Don't believe one single thing they "rule" on. OK, give us your alternative. https://www.factcheck.org https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fact-checking_websites#United_States I use the first two mostly for double checking political claims. For urban legends, I use Snopes. In all cases, I try to find the source and only cite the fact checking web pile or Wikipedia when I'm busy, lazy, hit a paywall, or can't find anything better. "There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can’t keep up" https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/04/15/coronavirus-misinformation-snopes/ Thanks, Jeff. Tom? Your turn! -- - Frank Krygowski http://www.aohflorida.org/the-irish-slave-trade/ |
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On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 12:37:37 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/27/2020 2:16 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:57:17 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/26/2020 4:42 PM, wrote: On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 1:09:57 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The country with probably the longest history of slavery making comments like that? Those that they didn't sell into slavery or enslave in foreign countries, they shipped of to Australian to die. White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America https://nyupress.org/9780814742969/white-cargo/ Snopes gives that meme a grade of “Well, not quite true”. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ir...early-america/ Snopes and Answers are entirely politicized and misleading. Don't believe one single thing they "rule" on. OK, give us your alternative. https://www.factcheck.org https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fact-checking_websites#United_States I use the first two mostly for double checking political claims. For urban legends, I use Snopes. In all cases, I try to find the source and only cite the fact checking web pile or Wikipedia when I'm busy, lazy, hit a paywall, or can't find anything better. "There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can’t keep up" https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/04/15/coronavirus-misinformation-snopes/ Thanks, Jeff. Tom? Your turn! -- - Frank Krygowski Let's remember Frank that I didn't hit my head on an overhead branch in the bike lane because there isn't anything you won't say. |
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:14:11 -0700 (PDT), Lou Holtman
wrote: On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 4:49:21 AM UTC+2, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/27/2020 12:30 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:05:05 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 20:09:49 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The country with probably the longest history of slavery making comments like that? Those that they didn't sell into slavery or enslave in foreign countries, they shipped of to Australian to die. White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain?s White Slaves in America https://nyupress.org/9780814742969/white-cargo/ Snopes gives that meme a grade of ?Well, not quite true?. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ir...early-america/ As usual, reality lives between the extremes. The consensus seems to be that Snopes is generally correct, but I prefer to read (skim) the available literature and make up my own mind about a topic I know little. So far, the only thing I've read worth debating is whether indentured servitude or volunteer slavery is bad, evil, illegal, etc with plenty of opinions at each extreme. Right. And there are still a lot of legal ways to be “indentured”. Just listen to Ernest Tubb’s song Sixteen Tons or talk to somebody working multiple minimum wage jobs to barely pay for food and rent. Seriously now, isn't it possible in the U.S. today to get along on minimum salary? I don't mean to have the 40" TV in the toilet and all, but to get along? Maybe only one bicycle (I know how scary that is) and a second hand car, pay the rent and eat? I know that some states have an extremely low minimum but California, for example, it is $13.00/hour - $104/8 hour day, $520/5 day week. Cheers, John B. At the start of our marriage, I felt fairly poor. Our bank account was scarily low. I didn't see how we would ever afford a house. I read a book called _Champagne Living on a Beer Budget_ or something like that. It seemed intended for people living in a big city apartment, which was not us; but it had tons of tips, like "Why do you think your four kitchen chairs have to match? Buy whatever's at Goodwill and paint them. Why do you think your toaster needs to be chrome? Paint a rusty one. Why do you need two cars, or even one? Ride your bike!" And "Good old stuff is GOOD!" We kind of followed that advice for a while. (Except we did buy the tandem.) In a few years, we had our down payment for a house. A few years later, we were paying cash to buy cars. We didn't have fancy furniture, the world's best stereo, the fanciest bikes. But we didn't have debt, except for the house - and we paid that off early. I now know a young couple in our neighborhood who spend thousands of dollars at the drop of a hat, while complaining about not having money. Heck, their boat probably cost as much as our finest car. -- - Frank Krygowski It is all about choices. I'm from a generation brought up with 'save up first, then buy'. Followed that rule my whole life except for my house which I also paid off early. It took me a while to understand the credit card concept because it didn't fit into my mindset, still doesn't. Lou When I lived in Riverside Calif. I had to get a credit card as most fuel stations were "Exact change or credit card only". So I got one. On Payday I'd take my check into the bank, deposit it and go right across the office to the credit card guys and pay my last month's charges. One payday the credit card guy says, "You know you don't have to pay this all in one month" and I told him that according to the contract if I paid within one month of getting my bill there was no interest charge. The guy replied, "Yup, a few of you have figured that out". Cheers, John B. |
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On 7/27/2020 4:05 PM, wrote:
On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 12:37:37 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/27/2020 2:16 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:57:17 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/26/2020 4:42 PM, wrote: On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 1:09:57 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The country with probably the longest history of slavery making comments like that? Those that they didn't sell into slavery or enslave in foreign countries, they shipped of to Australian to die. White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America https://nyupress.org/9780814742969/white-cargo/ Snopes gives that meme a grade of “Well, not quite true”. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ir...early-america/ Snopes and Answers are entirely politicized and misleading. Don't believe one single thing they "rule" on. OK, give us your alternative. https://www.factcheck.org https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fact-checking_websites#United_States I use the first two mostly for double checking political claims. For urban legends, I use Snopes. In all cases, I try to find the source and only cite the fact checking web pile or Wikipedia when I'm busy, lazy, hit a paywall, or can't find anything better. "There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can’t keep up" https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/04/15/coronavirus-misinformation-snopes/ Thanks, Jeff. Tom? Your turn! -- - Frank Krygowski http://www.aohflorida.org/the-irish-slave-trade/ No, Tom, you seem to have lost track of the conversation again. Please try to pay attention. You mocked Snopes and Answers as fact checking sites. I asked for alternatives. Jeff gave some alternative fact checking sites. You still haven't. I'm sure the Hibernians are fine people. (I know quite a few in certain chapters.) But that's hardly a general fact checking site. So what general fact checking sites do you recommend? -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:05:20 -0700, cyclintom wrote:
http://www.aohflorida.org/the-irish-slave-trade/ Oh dear. Obviously the writer nows nothing of the fuller history of Ireland. Well before the English, there was the Roman Catholic church and the Vikings. |
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:50:33 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/27/2020 7:13 AM, news18 wrote: On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 03:26:21 -0700, Andre Jute wrote: On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 10:28:25 PM UTC+1, Jeff Liebermann wrote: I suggest a simple test for the morality of the situation. If you lived in Ireland during the 1740 famine, and were offered a free ride to America in trade for some vaguely non-specific work situation, would you take it when the only alternatives were starvation or cannibalism? No need to answer, just think about it. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 It's not quite that simple, Jeff. For instance you make the assumption that all these starving families could be reached to make the offer of indenture equitably to all of them. It just doesn't answer to the realities. But it is an easy and common error, widely also made by professionals: Snipping AJs story and to cut to the point, many Irish people were seasonal labourers in England for centuries before the years of the famine. FWIW, that continued long after the famine. From what I've read, it was still happening in the 1950s and 1960s, at least. I don't know if it still happens today. It was 'before the famines' that interested my for family history and its existence isn't widely known. |
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