Slave reparation lawsuit filed in NYC

UPI ^ | 3/26/02

[joltinjoe]

Guess what....I'm black too!!!! I think when the $$$ start rolling, the US population will be 100% black.

[spqrzilla9]

I look forward to the plaintiffs being bankrupted by the sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

[areafiftyone]

See previous postings: Lawsuit seeks Slave Reparations against American Companies

And here: Slave Reparation Lawsuit Filed in NYC

[E=MC²]

On the bright side, this is ONE lawsuit that cannot name Microsoft (unless black slaves were forced to write Windows software in a non-competitive manner in the 1800's). BWAHAHA.

[mass55th]

Since the left has repeatedly claimed that the Civil War was fought to abolish slavery, I think it's high-time that the descendants of those blacks held in slavery and then freed as a result of the war, should pay the government back for the cost of the war. As well, they should pay reparations to all the descendants of the soldiers (black & white) who lost their lives attempting to achieve that freedom for them.

[E Rocc]

On the bright side, this is ONE lawsuit that cannot name Microsoft (unless black slaves were forced to write Windows software in a non-competitive manner in the 1800's). BWAHAHA.

Never underestimate a sleazy bottom feeding insect of a civil case plaintiff attorney. (okay, that was redundant).

They'll claim that Bill Gates's dad worked for a corporation that "benefitted" from slavery, allowing Bill to go to college and learn puter stuff and/or make contacts that helped him form Microsoft.

-Eric

[Nachum]

Sounds more like Rape-a-nation...

[E Rocc]

Guess what....I'm black too!!!! I think when the $$$ start rolling, the US population will be 100% black.

Hell with that, I'll stay Polish. We can sue the Mongols, Russians, Swedes, Germans, Austrians, Lithuanians, and whatever TV network ever told a Polish joke. >:)

-Eric

[joltinjoe]

I guess you'll be the one paying all of us.

[Ward Smythe]

Hell with that, I'll stay Polish. We can sue the Mongols, Russians, Swedes, Germans, Austrians, Lithuanians, and whatever TV network ever told a Polish joke. >:)

Hey, wait 'til those of us with American Indian (the correct term in Virginia) blood get in line...

[austingirl]

Am I exempt from paying reparations since none of my ancestors got here until after slavery was abolished? They were busily being oppressed in Europe. Guess I better track down the descendants of the Czar and Oliver Cromwell and file for MY reparations!

[Clemenza]

Kings County (Brooklyn) is the "blackest" county in the USA. I believe it is the only county in the entire state with a black majority, or at least, pluarality.

[Ohioan]

If this woman went to Law School for the purpose of filing this lawsuit, she obviously did not learn much while she was there.

For openers, there is no cause of action for the wrongs for which she claims compensation. Secondly, there is no statute of limitations that would allow a suit for damages sustained by people, everyone of whom has been dead for more than twenty-one years.

The Defendants should seek not only an immediate dismissal, but sanctions for a frivolous suit and for abuse of process. The underlying theory is itself absurd. Practically no one among us has a family history that is totally free from some form of involuntary service. Involuntary service has been the rule, not the exception, at some time or another among virtually every people on earth. In most cases, people have accepted their past--even drawn pride in accomplishing what they had to accomplish--and gotten over it. What would European civilization be, for example, if the descendants from serfs--most of the population--demanded compensation from the upper classes (some of whom are descended, themselves, from those in bondage to the Romans).

It is only one more example of the poor quality of American journalism and media news commentary, that this suit is pictured as anything other than the absurdity that it is. As it is, we will probably get some more of the same. (Not necessarily slave descendants suing old businesses, but perhaps those claiming ancient abuse as blue collar workers in old company towns; those claiming discrimination in college admissions; those claiming that some uncompensated wrong to their great-grandparents, has somehow kept them down ever since; or similar silly reflections of a Marxist view of reality.)

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site

[Maceman]

The lawsuit, initiated by Deadria Farmer-Paellmann of New York who said she went to law school for the purpose of researching and filing this lawsuit, seeks unspecified damages.

Upon learning that her lawsuit was summarily dismissed with prejudice, Ms. Farmer-Paellman's only comment was: "DOH!"

[ivanhoe116]

While earlier slave reparations lawsuits have failed, those seeking reparations cite the government apology made to each Japanese-American who was forced into internment camps during World War II and who was paid $20,000. Some $8 billion was settled in the Holocaust lawsuits last year.

I just love it when they see these things as equitable.

[Goetz_von_Berlichingen]

"Over the past 20 years, Aetna has invested more than $36 million in the African-American community, targeting such areas as education, health, economic development, community partnerships and minority-owned business initiatives."

Well, then, I guess the joke's on Aetna. What did they expect, gratitude?

[boris]

As I commented elsewhere, this is just a kick-off. These people EXPECT to lose, and lose, and lose again. They are preparing the soil. Constant exposure to media announcements on "reparation" lawsuits will plant a seed. Eventually they will manage to find a jury willing to find for the plaintiffs. Then the floodgates open. This is exactly the model used in the tobacco lawsuits.

--Boris

[martin_fierro]

I'm a Slave To The Rhythm ... can I get anything??