Quote Originally Posted by Bigjon View Post
The Babylonians and later the Romans, have always been pro-slavery.
Slavery = compassion. Although there is an element of greed involved as well.

Now the reason for this is in war when you defeated an opponent you had two choices ... kill him or make him a slave. The compassion part came from sparing the warriors life instead of harvesting it.

Now in the Spanish civil law the decree of the crown is that no Christian can be the slave of a Moor (Muslim). This is a declaration of war to the death .. no quarter asked or given.