by northswell » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:44 pm
by libby » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:18 am
by Milo » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:45 am
by chris fixxy » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:49 am
by soops » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:51 am
by tomcat360 » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:32 am
by soops » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:39 am
tomcat360 wrote:Ya'll are having to apologize over there as well? I don't even know when ya'll had slavery!
(when did ya'll have slavery?)
by chris fixxy » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:47 am
tomcat360 wrote:Ya'll are having to apologize over there as well? I don't even know when ya'll had slavery!
(when did ya'll have slavery?)
by CheeZee » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:51 am
by Sar » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:54 am
by soops » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:57 am
Sar wrote:I thought we would have already! Should there be a time limit? probably but its a tricky issue. I can see that it is silly - it happened ages ago! but at the same time I think that the countries who built their wealth from the enslavement of others should have to give something back to the comunities/coutries who lost out- do we already? and how on earth could you calculate the cost - I dont know.
Germany are still paying reparations for the wars - was that a short enough time ago? Im sure I heard somewhere that people were trying to get something back from volkswagen after the way people were forced to work in their factories during the war.
Also, dont a lot of countries feel there is an obligation to help out the African nations not just because of the poverty (which is spread all over the world) but because a lot of our wealth was built on the exploitation of their countries? This was years and years ago, we handed them back without ensuring that they could govern themselves effectively and the country slipped into turmoil so how much responsibilty can/should we all take?
Its a toughie but where do you draw the line? Im the type who holds a grudge and hate injustice so I would still want some acknowldgement, as for an apology - I dont think it would be necessary for me but if its still an issue someone must want an apology somewhere.
by tomcat360 » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:57 am
chris fixxy wrote:tomcat360 wrote:Ya'll are having to apologize over there as well? I don't even know when ya'll had slavery!
(when did ya'll have slavery?)
by chris fixxy » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:09 am
tomcat360 wrote:chris fixxy wrote:tomcat360 wrote:Ya'll are having to apologize over there as well? I don't even know when ya'll had slavery!
(when did ya'll have slavery?)
hey man, its not my fault that the teachers here are ignorant. All they talked about British slavery is that it ended before ours and therefore apparently we are evil bastards
by CheeZee » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:11 am
by tomcat360 » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:25 am
CheeZee wrote:i may lock this subject by the end of the day .. i can see 'heated debate' turning into 'blind accusation' ..and i dont think here is the place for that![]()
by libby » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:48 pm
by chris fixxy » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:50 pm
tomcat360 wrote:CheeZee wrote:i may lock this subject by the end of the day .. i can see 'heated debate' turning into 'blind accusation' ..and i dont think here is the place for that![]()
haha, yeah i can see that pretty quick too......considering I've already started
by tomcat360 » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:30 pm
by northswell » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:55 pm
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