The Norwegian Blue wrote:A Helpful Guide For People Thinking of Comparing Something To Slavery
Please answer the following questions about the thing which you intend to compare to slavery.
1. Does it involve you physically being bought and sold for money?
2. Did anyone strip you naked, put you on a block, and force you to stand there while people inspected you to determine how much money you were worth?
3. Did it involve you being violently kidnapped from your home?
4. Has it ever put you in chains?
5. Does it rape you?
6. Does it threaten to kill you if you disobey?
7. How about your family? Does it threaten to kill them?
8. Does it force you to engage in strenuous physical labor for hours on end, and beat you if you so much as try to rest?
9. Does it leave you in constant fear of your life?
10. If you get pregnant, does it take your children away and sell them?
11. Is it almost unimaginably more awful than having to do your pre-algebra homework?
If you answered "no" to all of these questions, congratulations! Your comparison is a ridiculous piece of hyperbole!
slavery [ˈsleɪvərɪ]
n
1. (Law) the state or condition of being a slave; a civil relationship whereby one person has absolute power over another and controls his life, liberty, and fortune
2. the subjection of a person to another person, esp in being forced into work
3. the condition of being subject to some influence or habit
4. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) work done in harsh conditions for low pay
So in other words, that was cute but dumb.