Tawny wrote:Ok it has been brought to my attention that there needs to be a clarification to the words ""harm a free person"" IMO Harm a free person should mean phyiscally harm as in use of spell, weapon, hands feet or any part of their body. IMO if a free person can say a slave harmed them with the use of words then the free person needs to grow a thicker skin. Slaves are under you as a free person so words from their lips shouldnt mean anything to you. A slave isnt harming someone if they dont actively seek to get a person out of a situation they are in. The slave is to protect the owners property..IE the slave. To expect a slave to put themselfs in harms way for anyone but the one who owns them is expecting them to harm what belongs to their owner and therefore breaking the laws they live by.
Just a quick toss out there as to this and I'm going to focus on the charter....However, wherein I can see a slave legally harming a free person (as even in U.S. 1800's slave law they recognized a slave may need to defend themselves)...I think that in "word" is the only situation where they should have no recourse.
Now don't get me wrong, if a slave says "good morning" and Bob wants to be a jerk so gets all put off....Well, tough titty for the free person, and simple opping will deal with that. However, mouthing off to a free person no matter what should be out of the question.......As an example if Bob replies, "what did you say to me you ^#$$#&%&%%$^#&#$" Then the slave should either walk away, appologize though in right or whatever ALWAYS keeping their cool and yielding.
If Bob then takes further action (physically), then he should be breaking the law. However railing on a slave because you're having a bad day and the slave having to just deal with it is the nature of the beast.
It's NOT right...It is very wrong and cruel. That however is the point.....Just like all negative aspects of life be they word or action, it's those aspects that make the good want to overcome such, and just like rape, bigotry, masogyny, theft, violence, etc.....adds the spice to the game as we all know it IS bad and wrong.
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