[NetBehaviour] To My Old Master.

[Simon Mclennan]

Oh and also that lifetime of work to buy sh1t that you think you need  
to buy, then finally retire on a pittance, and eat bottom shelf  
beanz  til you conk out while watching some d1ldo do ballroom dancing  
as your brain finally melts and mixes with the anaglypta wallpaper on  
the top ffloor of a rotting tower block in Rotherhithe or some such  
litter blown bomb site referred to as social housing and designed by  
an architect wearing purple tartan keks and a plum tank top..

Simon
On 31 Jan 2012, at 17:55, Simon Mclennan wrote:

> Mark,
> Thanks for these- very good information.
> I was thinking, however, more in terms of the virtual slavery to a
> state system of courts, laws, police, government, armies and
> corporations.
> Of how the birth certificate, national insurance number, credit
> cards, insurance, internet use, supermarket loyalty cards, social
> network profile etc are combined with mobile phone data collection
> and geo-positioning to help enslave people in the other way.
>
> Simon
>
>
> On 31 Jan 2012, at 15:27, marc garrett wrote:
>
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> If you are discussing modern forms of slavery - all we need to do
>> as one
>> example in respect of technology, is look how apple are exploiting
>>
>> Entire Series: Slavery: A 21st Century Evil.
>>
>> "This is Al Jazeera's powerful investigative series on modern slavery
>> throughout the planet. No country, officials say, is untouched by  
>> this
>> recurring scourge of inhumanity and depravity that enslaves, reports
>> say, some 27,000,000 men, women and children. Although slavery has
>> often
>> morphed in form from classic scenarios, it still shares these common
>> conditions: 1) victims of slavery cannot escape the complete
>> control of
>> their enslavers; 3) they are controlled through violence and
>> threats; 3)
>> They are economically exploited. This series of nine videos will
>> educate
>> and upset you."
>>
>> http://plutonianmac.blogspot.com/2011/11/entire-series-slavery-21st-
>> century-evil.html
>>
>> Also,
>>
>> Will child labour claims stop you buying Apple?
>>
>> An audit of Apple's suppliers has found all sort of transgressions.
>> But
>> will we ever take notice of the real reasons that our cheap
>> electronics
>> are so inexpensive?
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/01/apple-ipod
>>
>> Wishing you well.
>>
>> marc
>>
>>
>>
>>> Nice post Marc,
>>> Great letter and right to the point.
>>> Interesting indeed. Especially in light of how things are panning  
>>> out
>>> with the modern slavery of our current times. Although slaves in the
>>> far east are being chosen over slaves here. Of course that's not
>>> really true - depends how you look at it though - We are all free in
>>> reality... aren't we? The law is for all... government are servants
>>> of the people...  errr
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>> On 31 Jan 2012, at 12:28, marc garrett wrote:
>>>
>>>> To My Old Master.
>>>>
>>>> In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring,  
>>>> Tennessee,
>>>> wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he
>>>> come
>>>> back to work on his farm. Jourdan — who, since being emancipated,
>>>> had
>>>> moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family —
>>>> responded spectacularly by way of the letter seen below (a letter
>>>> which,
>>>> according to newspapers at the time, he dictated).
>>>>
>>>> http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/to-my-old-master.html
>>>>
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