Quote Originally Posted by BlueBear
Missing the point? What exactly is

the point? Why should there be reparation made? The answer? It is a two edge sword. What race exactly on the face of this earth hasn't been enslaved? which portion of minority Americans are entitled to reparation? The question seems a little ludicrous to me, but then again I am not into feeding half of the pointless topics that I come across on a daily basis.

At this point, how many other lands and cultures is the US supposed to repay for cruel and manipulative treatment?
Hey, bluebear, first off, I'll go out on a limb and say that none of your relatives or distant ancestors were slaves. Nor were they hapless subjects of U.S. led coups and overthrows in Cuba, Panama (aka Columbia), Nicuragua, Honduras, Iran, Guatemala, and Chile.

OK, so neither were mine.

My point wasn't so much an indictment on human nature as much as "taking to task" the specific bondage, savagery and indignities imposed on an entire race of people. The consequences of never being held accountable for such practices result in attitudes and behaviors that trickle into our policies in Iraq today.

You ask what portion of minorities are "entitled"? Hell if I know, I'll leave the details to you and the lawyers... But I do think reducing the question to who gets what before contextually addressing the "why" is, again, part of what feeds the issue.
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