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>>In my opinion, if something was outside of both your >>direct control and your influence, you should not have >>to make reparations for it. The transatlantic slave >>trade happened before any human being living at >>present was born and, as such, those responsible >>together with those who suffered are now dead. >> >>Reparations strikes me as a group of scrounging people >>begging for a hand out, to put it bluntly. And so far >>as it being a race issue, it simply is not. If you >>read Equino's account of being a slave, you'll see he >>and his sister were traded a few times in Africa by >>fellow Africans before being taken to (what is now) >>Freetown for transportation. Slavery had a long and >>ugly history well before slaves started being >>transported to the New World. >> >>The Japanese asking for the US to apologise for >>Hiroshima really disgusts me though. The US should >>only apologise when the Japanese acknowledge that they >>were aggressors in WW2, apologise for Pearl Harbour, >>apologise for the revolting way they treated POWs, >>apologise for forcing Asian girls to serve as >>prostitutes (comfort girls) and apologise for the many >>other savage acts they committed in the war. >> >>Of course, even if the Japanese did apologise for >>these, the apology would be hollow. It would not >>bring anyone back to life, would not unrape the girls >>raped by the Japanese soldiers, would not untorture >>the soldiers brutalised by the Imperial Army and, in >>all probability, the apology would be made by someone >>who had nothing to do with any of these atrocities. >> >>In short, apologising for history is silly and >>childish. >> >>VF >> >> >>>>Surely the fact that other countries practised it is >>>>completely irrelevant? Afetr all, Ian Huntley >>couldn't >>>>really use as a defence "I'm not the first person to >>>>murder a couple of kids". >>>> >>>>In many ways I think the state should apologise, as >>it >>>>the British state has had continuous existence since >>>>1807. In many ways though the fact that we outlawed >>>>slavery was ana cknowledgement that it was wrong - >>the >>>>abolitionists have therefore already apologised for >>>us. >>>> >>>>However it's copmpletely bogus that white people >>>>should apologise to black people. The next black >>>>protestor to disrupt some event should be asked to >>>>prove that he is descended 100% from slaves and not >>at >>>>least in opart from black slavers - and if he can't >>he >>>>should be made to apologise to himself! >>> >>>IT kind of like groups that call for slave >reparations >>>in the United States, there are a lot of black >>>Americans that have ancestry from the slave owners >>>than from the slaves. I dont think that the UK or the >>>US or any one else should apologize for taking part >in >>>the Slave trade 200 years ago, but it doesn't annoy >me >>>as much as calls for reparations, since reparations >>>for all practical purpose says that the people alive >>>today are responsible for what their ancestors did. > >The other thing is that those who make it a >black/white issue (not all of whom are black) are in >themselves falling for the racist pseudo-science of >those who tried to justify slavery when it was >practised. thsoe at the sharp end dealing in the >slaves knew what was what. It was usually those safely >at home in blighty who spent their spare time dreaming >up the racist theories that 'justified' the trade. The >best critique of their theories is to acknowledge that >we are all, black and white, both saint and sinnner.
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