Saying payment for past crimes is ludicrous, or it's time to move on, or the present generation was neither victim or criminal is part of the problem with the great American psyche. We've never once been held accountable for our wanton destruction of native land and culture, or our global expansion at the behest of commercial interest. The doctrines and policies of the U.S. were built on the arrogant and bigoted notions of destiny, and cultural, if not racial, superiority.

The question is more symbolic (actaully more timeless) than practical. If you dismiss the question as unfair, untimely or irrelevant, then I humbly suggest you're missing the point.
graymatter Reviewed by graymatter 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