http://thecurvature.com/2007/08/17/us-slavery-more-than-just-history/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thecurvature.com/2007/08/17/us-slavery-more-than-just-history/#comment-5591 why it’s not “just a game” « random babble… Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:21:11 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/08/17/us-slavery-more-than-just-history/#comment-5591 [...] that makes it harder to just point at brilliant posts by incredible writers better than me and tell them to educate themselves.  it also makes me realize that the people i [...] [...] that makes it harder to just point at brilliant posts by incredible writers better than me and tell them to educate themselves.  it also makes me realize that the people i [...]

]]> http://thecurvature.com/2007/08/17/us-slavery-more-than-just-history/#comment-1131 Stacy Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:40:45 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/08/17/us-slavery-more-than-just-history/#comment-1131 Very interesting. I had only heard something in passing about this new legislation when it first came in. However, then as now, I had no idea about the conditionality that it placed on these victims. It is tantamount to dangling the carrot of safety, rescue and a new life based on whether you can overcome your trauma and fear for your life/families life and name these people. Sometimes, these people genuinely have no evidence to give. Either way, as you said, they should in no way be forced to relieve things, prolong the trauma for the sake of rescue. They should be rescued and helped to start a new life, period. Very interesting. I had only heard something in passing about this new legislation when it first came in. However, then as now, I had no idea about the conditionality that it placed on these victims. It is tantamount to dangling the carrot of safety, rescue and a new life based on whether you can overcome your trauma and fear for your life/families life and name these people. Sometimes, these people genuinely have no evidence to give. Either way, as you said, they should in no way be forced to relieve things, prolong the trauma for the sake of rescue. They should be rescued and helped to start a new life, period.

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