Posted on 02/17/2014 5:12:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Give them each a copy of the US Constitution.
Why don’t the just float over to the U.S. where the reparations are well under way?
A lot of slaves that were “freed” by the Brits to fight in the revolution found themselves sold into slavery. However that doesn’t mean their descendants shouldn’t get over it.
everyone who owned a slave should pay up to those who have been enslaved by them
we all agree on that
However, none of those people are alive
Are they going to go after those who sold them into slavery
in the first place?
Mike
This has been going on in the US for the past 5 yrs. Anyone noticed? It was/is funded from 0bummer’s stash.
Much longer than 5 years. They actually owe us now.
“The planters were given compensation, but not one cent went to the freed Jamaicans”.
They got a developed country across the ocean from Africa; they’ve been paid.
Might be cheaper to send them all back to west Africa.
They're teflon....cain't touch dat.
RE: They got a developed country across the ocean from Africa; they’ve been paid.
Yep, a country with one of the world’s highest crime rates...
Britain should sever all diplomatic ties with those 14 nations and refuse to let the citizens of those nations enter the Commonwealth for any reason. No aid should be provided in the event of natural disasters, no tourist visas granted, no exchange allowed at all between Britain and the 14 Caribbean nations. They’ll quickly realize that any ill effects of the slave trade from long ago is far outweighed by the benefits provided through current interaction with the Brits. After they apologize and promise to actively thwart any future reparation attempts they can get their diplomatic and trade ties restored.
Or maybe the Brits can simply go all Falklands on their asses.
Offset that with the costs of infrastructure provided by the Brits, plus the education system. Add to it the cost of defense by the Royal Navy for several generations.
Let’s see who owes who.
“Yep, a country with one of the world’s highest crime rates...”
That’s the future they made for it; it didn’t have that when they got it...
Meanwhile, places with thriving slave trades are ignored.
The UK needs to tell ‘em to pound sand. The UK suppressed the slave trade starting about 1807.
They should go sue the Africans that sold ‘em into slavery in the first place (instead of killing them...).
Great Britain ended slavery, a practice that had existed from the dawn of man. It was the first large nation to do so, setting into motion a wave of abolitionism that was accepted by the civilized world. These people are free and live in the Caribbean. They should pay Great Britain.
Bump
There are plenty of pimps around.
Slavery didn’t end, it just ceased to be enfoced by law.
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