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14 Caribbean nations sue Britain, Holland and France for slavery reparations…
Posted on 10/10/2013 9:18:04 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Racism has always been big business
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:55:57 AM PDT
by
Cyman
To: Olog-hai
no, no, no....this is legitimate, same as here in the US. Every former slave owner should have to pay into a fund that will be used to compenstae every former slave.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:57:57 AM PDT
by
wny
To: Olog-hai
Guess what happens to all that slave reparation money....within a matter of months, the whites will get it all back.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:58:44 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Maine Mariner
You are correct. Many times more slaves went to Central and South American than did to North America.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:59:28 AM PDT
by
mkboyce
To: A CA Guy
And a secondary point, all of Europe and the Americas didn't import near the number of African slaves muslim Arabia did.
Yet there are few blacks in Saudi Arabia.
The muslim arabs preferred their slaved castrated!
(This is a fun fact to share with any NOI type you happen to talk to)
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:00:29 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Olog-hai
I could not find out in the article who the 12 countries were.
However, most of the problems in the poorer Caribbean countries are because of their government in the last 100 years.
When I was in the British Virgin Islands and Caymans I met many slave descendants that were very wealthy. In fact in the BVI’s I met some that owned their own island. I still remember a young black man pumping my gas at the station his dad owned. He was wearing a Rolex watch. His family also owned a car rental agency and the grocery store. Generally in the BVI’s, all the original slave descendants were all wealthy unless they were lazy drunks.
To: null and void
The Muslim Arabs preferred their slaves castrated! Well that explains the lack of black population after these hundreds of years. Very sad and why isn't Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton over there marching?
Answer, no money to be made that they would be putting themselves at risk for once.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:14:44 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Olog-hai
The UK should respond with a an ultimatum - drop the law suit or we declare war - good old fashioned, WWII type war.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:15:16 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Olog-hai
Britain is being sued, with France and the Netherlands, by 14 Caribbean countriesI wonder if, sooner or later, crap like this will cause a war? I hope not, but I just wonder.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:17:28 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
To: Olog-hai
I think they should pay them a lump sum and then stop all foreign aid, bar them from ever entering the donor countries and deport the rest.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:19:17 AM PDT
by
Mi-kha-el
((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
To: Olog-hai
It’s a little unclear from the article (or my reading comprehension has taken another hit from lack of coffee) but exactly where is this suit taking place? In an EU court? I ask because it appears to be one of those “go for the deep pockets” lawsuits - note nobody is suing Spain - and those of the U.S. are deeper than most. Empty, but deep.
To: Olog-hai
enough already with playing the victimFor centuries, Britain did a decent job running their Caribbean islands. The two I saw on a cruise....Barbados and Grand Turk....are really messing things up with independence. If they want Britain, Holland and France to keep subsidizing them, maybe they should become colonies again.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:22:38 AM PDT
by
grania
To: Olog-hai
In what court are they bringing this action?
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:23:42 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Maine Mariner
Really, the descendents of slaves should be paying these European countries back for bringing their ancestors to freedom for the descendents.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:24:33 AM PDT
by
grania
To: IronJack; Billthedrill
Theyre bringing this suit to the UNs so-called International Court of Justice. (Had to read the
Al Jazeera article to find that out.)
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:26:49 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Ah, thank you. Which court, I suspect, has no standing to levy anything but a recommendation.
It does become clear why the proggies are so intent on having the U.S. sign into this sort of program. It's a redistributionist's wet dream.
To: Above My Pay Grade
Why arent they suing the AFRICAN nations that were the
suppliers of slaves for the European slave traders?
Yeah..let's ask pResident 0'BlahBlah about that.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:34:51 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: hinckley buzzard
yes, but they could be suing oil-rich, Arab countries. I wonder what kind of a response they’d get from the Saudis.
To: RoosterRedux
No one alive has experienced slavery We in America are going back to it with giant government and forced taxation for things we don't need or want. There is even a 3.5% tax coming on the sales of all homes through Obamacare.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:45:09 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: henkster
And also charge for education costs and healthcare provided, plus a surcharge for defense. Which should leave all of them OWING Europe. Call it a “civilization fee”. . .
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:47:13 AM PDT
by
Salgak
(http://catalogoftehburningstoopid.blogspot.com 100% all-natural snark !)
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