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Ok, lets l et at the social history of the original ancestors of the
slave
nations.
Slavery was part and parcel of most of the cultures in Africa then and
still
a few today.
Go get reparations from the people who helped trap them and sell them
into
slavery.
Hey, while we're at it. Let's go get every social demographic in h
istory
that has been persecuted, shove a silver spoon in there mouth and tell
them
it's expected of them to go around demanding they be paid in full.
Hell, I'm part cheroke. How much is that worth. Part French-Canadian,
thats
worth a bit, especially since that ancestor was a slave.
WHERE'S MINE!
I WANT MY MONEY!
oh, shut up............
Kirkasaurus Wrecks
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Rogers [SMTP:jamesr@best.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:00 AM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: Reparations
>
> On 7/29/01 1:32 PM, "Olga Bourlin" <fauxever@sprynet.com> wrote:
> >
> > The
> > United States prospered due to slavery, so it seems fair and just
for
> the
> > United States to give up a teensy bit of that prosperity to help out
the
> > descendents of some of those families who gave up their entire lives
for
> > generations (through force) for the sake of the United States.
>
>
> Another obvious problem with this in principle is that if you do a
> detailed
> study of pre-20th century US history, you will find that half of the
> nationalities, ethnicities, religions, etc. represented were badly
wronged
> by the government at various points in time. There are even ethnic
trends
> and problems among some white ethnicities today that can be traced
back to
> officially tolerated abuse during the 19th and 18th centuries. If you
> support reparations for blacks in principle, you are allowing
reparations
> for groups too numerous to count that can claim legitimate grievances.
I
> simply don't see the value in resurrecting every single historical
wrong
> ever perpetrated in this country.
>
> -James Rogers
> jamesr@best.com
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