William Wilberforce, a member of the House of Commons as an independent, became intricately involved in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. His conversion to Evangelical Christianity in 1784 played a key role in interesting him in this social reform.[37] William Wilberforce's Slave Trade Act 1807abolished the slave trade in the British Empire. It was not until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that the institution finally was abolished, but on a gradual basis. Since land owners in the British West Indies were losing their unpaid labourers, they received compensation totaling £20 million.[38]
"The sticking point was, in Mandela’s case, ideological. In the mid-'80s, as activists in South Africa and around the world began to agitate in earnest for Mandela’s release, the Reagan administration still saw communism as one of its primary enemies -- and defeating communism as one of its foremost foreign policy goals. That complicated the administration’s take on South Africa"
這篇寫的不錯。阿留兄也慢慢追蹤到了英國。近幾百年來的很多事情，要是尋根探底的話，都會尋到英國。英國的處理方法和手段，英國對世界的理解，英國的信念。至少到目前為止，英國仍然是我們這個世界的領路人。美國還做不到完全繼承英國的文化精神。這是我想說的一。 二，阿留兄關注錢，就對路了。錢能解決的，就不需要用暴力嘛。問題是誰願意出錢？為什麽要為別人掏自己口袋？人類曆史從來就是當權者占住分配的大頭，用暴力遏製反抗，直到死在暴力之下。為什麽不在當初分出一部分錢來解決底層的怒氣從而長久地享受“來錢”的好處？因為貪婪和愚妄！從來如此，一直如此的，直到今天，還是如此。 但是在英格蘭，那個人類社會的邊緣地區，居然16世紀以來發展出一套“不太如此”的製度，當權者願意拿錢出來平衡，這是人類曆史上第一次。為什麽？ 為別人掏自己的錢，不傻逼嗎？答案在哪裏？看看William Wilberforce就明白了，他為反對奴隸製奮鬥了一生，奴隸製不奴隸製管他什麽事？好歹他親戚朋友又沒人當奴隸。“His conversion to Evangelical Christianity in 1784 played a key role in interesting him in this social reform”。基督信仰就是答案。心中有愛，才肯掏錢。
歸根到底，心中要有愛。
William Wilberforce, a member of the House of Commons as an independent, became intricately involved in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. His conversion to Evangelical Christianity in 1784 played a key role in interesting him in this social reform.[37] William Wilberforce's Slave Trade Act 1807abolished the slave trade in the British Empire. It was not until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that the institution finally was abolished, but on a gradual basis. Since land owners in the British West Indies were losing their unpaid labourers, they received compensation totaling £20 million.[38]
