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Caribbean nations seeking compensation for slavery
The Big Story ^ | July 25, 2013 | Ben Fox (AP)

Posted on 07/25/2013 8:13:10 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi

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1 posted on 07/25/2013 8:13:10 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Response? “None of you were slaves and none of us were slaveowners.
Present your claims to the Muslim countries that still practice slavery.”


2 posted on 07/25/2013 8:18:45 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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The legacy of slavery includes widespread poverty and the lack of development

Once upon a time, there were islands in the Caribbean, inhabited, in part, by cannibals, and living in the stone age.
And once upon a time, there were tribes in Africa, killing each other in incessant warfare, and living largely barbarous lives.
Then the Africans were taken to the Caribbean, where they now live in lush tropical surroundings with electricity, air conditioning, and abundant food.

I'd say the European countries deserve some repayment for their troubles.

3 posted on 07/25/2013 8:19:29 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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I have seen these dweebs dining out for free, they make Al and jesse look not so sharp-ton.


4 posted on 07/25/2013 8:21:26 PM PDT by acapesket
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Can we sue them for giving us syphilis?


5 posted on 07/25/2013 8:26:58 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
Earlier this month, leaders from the 14 Caricom nations voted unanimously at a meeting in Trinidad to wage a joint campaign that those involved say would be more ambitious than any previous effort.

The famous "Gimme, gimme, gimme" campaign. I'm sure it will be a resounding success.

6 posted on 07/25/2013 8:27:41 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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Agreed. More swindlers looking for a gravy train.


7 posted on 07/25/2013 8:29:30 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Slavery has been the scourge of mankind since the beginning of time, its Biblical roots having perpetuated slavery to a large degree. The irony of it all is that there are more human slaves today then there ever has been, mostly in Africa and in the Middle Eastern countries.


8 posted on 07/25/2013 8:29:34 PM PDT by lbryce
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Haiti is the clearest example of why those islands could not successfully manage a real government.

Haiti went from an agricultural success under the French to a barren wasteland under black governments.

Europe had nothing to do with their present degraded status. They Pogo’d themselves.


9 posted on 07/25/2013 8:32:24 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam is antithetical to, and Islam is irreconcilable with, America. Therefore - Islam Delenda Est)
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Grievance mongering - never a statute of limitations.


10 posted on 07/25/2013 8:33:03 PM PDT by Darteaus94025
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The Caribbean Community, a regional organization that typically focuses on rather dry issues such as economic integration, has taken up the cause of compensation for slavery and the genocide of native peoples and is preparing for what would likely be a drawn-out battle with the governments of Britain, France and the Netherlands.

SUE THEM TO THE MAX!!!!!  Just leave America out of it and I could care less.  I hope Eric Holder is in on this because he is a Barbados transplant. His parents immigrated from that British bleep-hole///altaltaltaltalt

 

11 posted on 07/25/2013 8:33:55 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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I don’t think they have standing. These governments did not even exist when this occurred. Plus there are no living slave traders, slave owners or slaves from that time.

They might be able to find some slaves in Africa and the Muslim world, but good luck suing them in Riyadh.


12 posted on 07/25/2013 8:35:05 PM PDT by GeronL
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I saw our head racist grievance monger on TV tonight with the sound muted. What a phoney, lying effed up person he is, this is obvious after watching for 3 minutes. President JugEars


13 posted on 07/25/2013 8:37:47 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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Tell you what add America to the list and send us a bill guys, we’ll get that check in the mail ASAP...


14 posted on 07/25/2013 8:47:25 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: tumblindice

Response? “None of you were slaves and none of us were slaveowners.
Present your claims to the Muslim countries that still practice slavery.”


BINGO!!!


15 posted on 07/25/2013 9:10:22 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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Tell you what add America to the list and send us a bill guys, we’ll get that check in the mail ASAP...


Lets hope Obama doesn’t hear you say that. That POS will send them a big check ASAP.


16 posted on 07/25/2013 9:13:50 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

That’s true of most slaves taken to Americas from west Africa

Haiti excepted


17 posted on 07/25/2013 9:14:21 PM PDT by wardaddy (the next Dark Ages are coming as Western Civilization crumbles with nary a whimper)
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Spit in one hand...Sheet in the other.


18 posted on 07/25/2013 9:28:37 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Why did they overlook Portugal?


19 posted on 07/25/2013 9:35:29 PM PDT by Elsiejay
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I wasn’t aware of any Portuguese colonies in the Caribbean.


20 posted on 07/25/2013 9:36:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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