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DavidDvorkin

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18. There's no end to it

Reply to Nihil (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:49 AM

Oct 2015

There are very few groups all of whose ancestors are innocent.

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Jamaica Demands Reparations for Britain's 'Haunting' Legacy of Slavery [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2015 OP

A small reminder of British colonial brutality - and how the media suppresses discussing it even now forest444 Sep 2015 #1

K & R. Reparations for Jamaica absolutely. appalachiablue Sep 2015 #2

Up to ten years in prison for homosexuality there - fuck them and their "human rights" jberryhill Oct 2015 #28

How about every other empire and great power in history? DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #3

If England has to pay, they should then sue the Romans Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #4

Quite a bit more was involved in this filthy barbarism than simple "abuse," as most of us know. Judi Lynn Sep 2015 #6

Keep going, keep going, keep going - back when Africans enslaved the Israelites....with penalties 24601 Oct 2015 #22

Is this the way you imagined, as a child, you would handle adult conversations when you were mature? Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #25

It did not. Imagining conversations via computer didn't occur until my 30s. 24601 Oct 2015 #26

That's your "glib" response.This is not the subject for being cute: it's somehow more serious. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #27

It's not to be cute. It's an accurate answer to your imprecise question that also appears to have 24601 Oct 2015 #31

And yes, some of my my ancestors were slaves. Some were not. 24601 Oct 2015 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #24

Why try to trivialize this? What are you seeking? More disrespect for the grandchildren, Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #23

As long as those grandchildren aren't gay jberryhill Oct 2015 #29

Rubbish DavidDvorkin Oct 2015 #33

All the slave islands should demand Reparations.At least admin buildings,homes, hospitals, schools Sunlei Sep 2015 #5

When slavery was abolished in the British West Indies in 1833 many of the planters took appalachiablue Sep 2015 #7

A small correction to your postscript Seeking Serenity Sep 2015 #12

You're correct, what a blunder in my post. Of course Ben played Pitt the Younger, appalachiablue Sep 2015 #13

I very much enjoy that film. (n/t) Seeking Serenity Sep 2015 #14

As a Scot, I demand reparations too. FLPanhandle Sep 2015 #8

Nothing for the Cromwell era transport, abuse and labor of Scots and Irish in the islands, appalachiablue Sep 2015 #9

Thanks for the reference Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #35

I'm Irish, so I should be paid too. NaturalHigh Sep 2015 #11

Yawn. Another LTTE demanding money for the behaviour of generations long ago. Nihil Sep 2015 #10

A truly repulsive post, if I might say so myself. Darb Oct 2015 #17

There's no end to it DavidDvorkin Oct 2015 #18

You believe the African continent's people got what was coming to them for not being innocent? Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #19

The one he or she is replying to is worse, IMHO Darb Oct 2015 #20

Non sequitur DavidDvorkin Oct 2015 #21

Legacy of Caribbean slavery still stings despite British PM saying "move on" Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #15

Thank you to the people who read the information and already have known, themselves, what evil Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #16

of course they let themselves think they were rescuing them from a slaver-plagued continent ... MisterP Oct 2015 #34

How many gay men have the Jamaicans locked up or killed this year? jberryhill Oct 2015 #30

K&R. And to think that human slavery thrives even TODAY. closeupready Oct 2015 #36