Most western European countries have aid programmes that give extensively to African countries, as do many charities and other philanthropic organisations hereabouts. Whether additional official "Sorry for Colonialism" payments should be made is a whole other kettle of fish.
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/History: The Case for Reparations
- 27/05/2014 07:08:52 PM
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my only problem is his conclusion is weak compared with the rest of the article
- 27/05/2014 08:31:54 PM
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Maybe because there is a lack of connection between the history involved and present day problems.
- 29/05/2014 01:35:04 AM
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sure, and i have a bridge for sale.....
- 30/05/2014 12:39:03 AM
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Re: sure, and i have a bridge for sale.....
- 30/05/2014 05:06:11 PM
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faulty assumptions of your heritage aside, the point still stands.
- 02/06/2014 08:54:02 PM
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Re: /History: The Case for Reparations
- 29/05/2014 01:54:48 AM
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Do you have a source where source where LBJ actually said that? *NM*
- 29/05/2014 01:17:44 PM
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IIRC, Robert Kessle "Inside the White House" or something like that.
- 30/05/2014 05:09:07 PM
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So some guy says some guys heard him say it? That isn't much.
- 30/05/2014 05:27:13 PM
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And LBJ or his estate would have allowed such a comment to get out?
- 30/05/2014 06:24:55 PM
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I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly.
- 29/05/2014 06:52:47 PM
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Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly.
- 30/05/2014 06:19:33 PM
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Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly.
- 01/06/2014 05:36:20 PM
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Re: I agree that reparations would be extremely difficult if not impossible to implement fairly.
- 04/06/2014 02:49:13 AM
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Even without David Chappelle's compelling arguments against, I think it's a crazy idea.
- 29/05/2014 07:42:38 PM
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Not that I disagree with a single point you made, but wasn't the 40 acres & a mule thing a myth
- 01/06/2014 03:48:16 PM
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According to wikipedia, it was more than a myth, though not much more
- 02/06/2014 04:24:32 AM
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except the article is strictly NOT talking about cutting checks to black people
- 02/06/2014 08:59:47 PM
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sorry but I see no evidence he wants to have an open an honest discussion
- 02/06/2014 02:03:29 PM
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so it's only open and honest discussion if he shares your white world view?
- 02/06/2014 09:07:26 PM
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no it is only an honest open discussion if he recognizes that there are valid alterantive views
- 03/06/2014 05:17:18 AM
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here is where you lose credibility
- 03/06/2014 08:59:30 PM
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How does the inability to shop at Neiman Marcus hold you back economically?
- 11/06/2014 07:40:46 AM
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Should Europe pay restitutions for the damage they did to Africa?
- 03/06/2014 01:13:54 PM
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Absolutely, but only the handful of countries that actually have a colonial past *NM*
- 03/06/2014 09:28:58 PM
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that's not the way it works
- 04/06/2014 01:04:46 PM
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EU expanded to its current borders mostly in 2004. Also we aren't states, so leave EU out of this *NM*
- 04/06/2014 09:58:30 PM
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Again, there is an assumption of profit that is not necessarily true
- 11/06/2014 02:47:53 AM
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One could argue we already do.
- 04/06/2014 10:55:44 PM
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