tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post2892059816268190608..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: The Work EthicDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-48793342460147505852016-10-08T13:56:47.998+01:002016-10-08T13:56:47.998+01:00The point that England ended slavery is convenient...The point that England ended slavery is conveniently forgotten.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-25181890389610034992016-10-07T17:16:19.223+01:002016-10-07T17:16:19.223+01:00The notice may as well have read "Colliers be...The notice may as well have read "Colliers belonging to Lord Cathcart" because if the mine was ever sold the colliers went with it as part of the deal.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-63065991905285031012016-10-07T16:42:51.637+01:002016-10-07T16:42:51.637+01:00I always found it amazing how many generations pas...I always found it amazing how many generations pass with this kind of thing as a family memory.<br /><br />My many times great-grandfather had the effrontery to march with Cromwell and be paid off in Irish land around Athelone, County Westmeath. After the return of Chuck II, he was sent over to the colonies as an indentured servant (a gig he promptly broke out of and headed west).<br /><br />But that memory has been passed generation to generation for 300+ years.<br /><br />You would think that we would get over such a thing.Degringoladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893964959960977677noreply@blogger.com