[lbo-talk] Re: biz ethics/slavery/groups/constitutional

[ravi]

Chris Doss wrote:
> 
> I'm just familiar with the ones here in Moscow (and by
> gypsy I do not mean ethnic Roma -- I mean a particular
> lifestyle). They live 20 to an apartment outside
> Moscow and get bussed in to beg by criminal gangs who
> take part of the loot. They sit on the streetcorner,
> covered in snow, with their kids, also covered in
> snow, who never cry and have a very glazed expression,
> because their parents have drugged them. A crying baby
> means less money from begging. I might add that the
> kids are kept illiterate. I do not like these people.
> They are parasites of the worst sort.
> 

i am a bit startled to hear such an opinion in a left list... aren't
words like "parasites", especially when used to described what may be an
underprivileged and discriminated group, exactly the sort of analysis we
should avoid?

be that as it may, joanna and i have provided other examples of gypsies.
the original issue being the question: are there other societies (apart
from western liberal society/govt) that may have produced a greater
level of equity and other measure that we hold important?

	--ravi