Whats your opinion here? I ask his simply because I saw this http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/regio...t=newsmichigan pop up on Fark.

Personally, I'm against them in just about every form. Why should we pay for something our ancestors did, something we had no control over. In fact, I shouldn't even say "we", as I'm the child of immigrants, and so I'd be paying for someone else's ancestors fuck ups. Not to mention that working out who gets what would probably end up costing 3X the amount that will actually get paid out to people.

Look, slavery is immoral, evil and just plain wrong, there is no denying it. It was a tragedy that an entire race of people were forcibly taken from their homes to be enslaved, tortured, and murdered. But that was 150 years ago, it's time to move on. Yes, the situation that many minorities (hell, all minorities) in this country face is grim at best, and we need to figure out ways to solve that issue. But forcing people to pay for something their ancestors may or may not have done is ludicrous. If a descendent of a slave can demand reparations from the US gov't (which, as we already know, is in dire shape as it is), then I should be able to file claims against the English, Norwegian and Italian govt's for what their ancestors may (or more likely, may not) have done to the ancient celts. And that's just half my ancestery, I'm sure I could dig up alot more "claims" where I not lazy.

Sorry, this has gotten kind of long and rantish, so I'll end here and let somebody get a word in edgewise. :rasta:
sanguinekane Reviewed by sanguinekane on . Slavery Reparations Whats your opinion here? I ask his simply because I saw this http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-35/1152468561277940.xml&storylist=newsmichigan pop up on Fark. Personally, I'm against them in just about every form. Why should we pay for something our ancestors did, something we had no control over. In fact, I shouldn't even say "we", as I'm the child of immigrants, and so I'd be paying for someone else's ancestors fuck ups. Not to mention that working out who gets Rating: 5