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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8353715" data-attributes="member: 6879661">You’re talking about something that actually happened as if it is theoretical and abstract. The fact that some slaves were able to walk away, firstly is based on Steampunkettes unreferenced examples, secondly we have no idea how widespread those examples were, or to what extent they represented slavery across the Mediterranean. Or if they were a narrow time period or covered several thousand years of ancient history. We also don’t know whether a right in principle is also a right in practice.At best we are fumbling in the dark. Therefore it’s sensible not to make assumptive statements that slavery in ancient mediterranean states was less cruel because we have a theoretical idea of what one right in one city state was like on one issue in isolation.[Edit] I’ve just realised that people are thread hopping similar discussions as they get excluded or the threads get closed. I didn’t realize that. So I won’t be responding any more on the subject.</blockquote>