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Old 05-26-2008, 11:19 PM   #1
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May 27, 2008: Slaver

Standardization is the secret of success, in the shipping business.
They even knew that way back in days of wooden sailing ships.
Unfortunately, it took a long time for humanity to catch up with efficiency

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Old 05-26-2008, 11:35 PM   #2
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I remember that exact drawing in a textbook in high school.
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Old 05-27-2008, 06:56 AM   #3
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Horrible.
But a good reminder of how far things can go when other people aren't regarded as human beings.
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Old 05-27-2008, 07:00 AM   #4
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some school did that very thing: laid people end to end like that. I'd hate me, too, if I were them.
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Old 05-27-2008, 07:23 AM   #5
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That diagram was designed by anti-slavery campaigners to illustrate the appalling conditions. The Brookes ship was built to carry something like 400 people, but was actually carrying abotu 600. If you look at the captions on the diagram they underline words like 'under' to increase the effect.

It was actually not such an efficient system. High losses made it very inefficient.....just very, very profitable. The temptation to pack ever greater numbers onto each voyage led to greater numbers of losses, which in turn seemed to drive for even greater numbers to offset the losses on each voyage :P
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Old 05-27-2008, 08:06 AM   #6
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I get nauseated just looking at this...
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Old 05-27-2008, 09:34 AM   #7
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Instead of tut-tutting over historical inequities, I'd rather see people get passionate about ending slavery for once and for all.

What, you think that's all in the past? Think again.

Free the Slaves
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Old 05-27-2008, 10:04 AM   #8
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I get nauseated just looking at this...
Congratulation. Good for you.
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Old 05-27-2008, 10:41 AM   #9
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Not a humorous subject at all, but does anyone else see the similarity to a 747? With the exception of being able to lie down and the food service, of course.
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Old 05-27-2008, 10:42 AM   #10
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Not a humorous subject at all, but does anyone else see the similarity to a 747? With the exception of being able to lie down and the food service, of course.
I am pretty sure the food service is the same.
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Old 05-27-2008, 10:44 AM   #11
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Instead of tut-tutting over historical inequities, I'd rather see people get passionate about ending slavery for once and for all.

What, you think that's all in the past? Think again.

Free the Slaves
None of my ancestors ever owned slaves in the New World.
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Old 05-27-2008, 11:44 AM   #12
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Merc, you obviously didn't follow her link.
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Old 05-27-2008, 02:49 PM   #13
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OK. Who left the Cellar door open and let all the fun out?
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