Skip to comments.
Reparations Struggle Moves Forward At The International Level
The Black World Today ^
| 8/12/2002
| Donna Lamb
Posted on 08/12/2002 1:03:37 PM PDT by pupdog
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-33 last
To: ohioman
This is an excellent point. I would wonder if any group
subjected to slaverly would be EXEMPT. My ancestors
were white slaves. My spiritual ancestors were persecuted
and slaughtered by the ruling government.
Today, my spiritual brothers and sisters are being killed
and enslaved by dark skinned peoples. Maybe, THEY should
pay me?!
To: pupdog
Is the ICC going to strong arm reparations? And use
international peacekeepers to collect?
To: nonsporting
Is the ICC going to strong arm reparations? And use international peacekeepers to collect?It's impossible to say right now how this will all play out. All that's clear is that there seems to be the most support for this on the international level, and so proponents have been focusing a large part of their energies there.
23
posted on
08/12/2002 3:02:26 PM PDT
by
pupdog
To: ohioman
"Well...just about all white folks had a few ancestors enslaved by the Romans.... Where's my money :)"
Check out the Olive Garden.
24
posted on
08/12/2002 3:06:28 PM PDT
by
APBaer
To: pupdog
If this isn't an argument to get the U.S. out of the UN I don't know what is.
On close inspection, it could be seen that the no votes were essentially the United States and European Union
Of course they voted no...Who do you think is going to be shelling out all the "reparations" if this load of garbage ever passes.... Not the slave holding Arabs or the Sudanese I can assure you.
To: pupdog
another quiet but significant step was taken at the international level in the movement for reparationsNO REPARATIONS WITHOUT REPATRIATION!
Easy to say but hey, I'll put my money where my mouth is. Pay me adequate reparations for my forebears' involuntary departure from the Highlands of Scotland during the Clearances and I'd gladly return to the Gaidhealtachd! (I even have a bit of the Gaelic -- Tha beagan Ga\idhlig agam.) One of the few places in the world with a more pleasant (read: cool and wet) climate than Seattle.
26
posted on
08/12/2002 5:43:19 PM PDT
by
Eala
To: pupdog
Slavery existed everywhere until the Jewish people - living by the law handed down from God to Moses - rid their own society of slavery by the time of Jesus simply by living according to God's law. While the UN and Jesse are busy condemning America and Israel...they may want to remember that, and that Jews and Christians in America and around the world fought the REAL fight to free the slaves...with lions, and crucifixes, and whips and chains. My gggrandfather died as the result of injuries suffered during the civil war - had his eye shot out after marching from DC to Florida and back. Millions joined this fight to free the slaves. Union troops paid
all soldiers of similar ranks equal wages. If Jesse's gggrandfather fought next to mine, they were paid the same.
In Sudan and elsewhere people are enslaved and murdered today. While free Americans misled by so-called black "leaders" are led into the age-old trap of envy and dependency...into bondage of their own making.
"Reparations" feeds the hate and divisiveness and will never bring real healing or personal growth. Only forgiveness and personal accountability will..."love thy neighbor", stop bearing false witness eg. Florida's election, and tell the Democrats to stop supporting policies that break up their families and drive away fathers.
When God let the Jewish people be taken into bondage in Egypt, he did it to reprove and to strengthen them...to build a nation of the people.
The strongest people in this country today, imho, are the African-American (or "black"- as Ken Hamblim prefers) Christians who learned the Bible at their grandparents' knee...a faith that strengthened them during their days of slavery and brought them out of the testing fire - shining examples, proof of the mercy and goodness of God to pass on to their own families and friends...the UN, and the reparations crowd are sadly in need of this lesson in real strength and value.
To: pupdog
Us SLAVS, the namesakes of the word slave were human merchandise for the West European Eurotrash for much of the last two thousand years. Maybe we should sue all the European Union for reparations as well.
28
posted on
08/12/2002 7:49:12 PM PDT
by
Cacique
To: billbears
It seems that the UN would be better off addressing the ongoing slave trade between Africa and the Middle East which has never abated since it began. There are living slaves who could be freed and families who actually deserve reparations for losing a loved one to slavery within their lifetimes. That would involve going after citizens of UN member nations backing this phony reparations movement now, so let's not hold our breaths.
29
posted on
08/13/2002 5:09:00 AM PDT
by
Twodees
To: nonsporting
Is the ICC going to strong arm reparations? And use international peacekeepers to collect? Of course the US will be required to provide all of the funding amd most of the troops.
30
posted on
08/13/2002 5:24:59 AM PDT
by
arthurus
To: Texas_Jarhead
I went to the "Your Comments" section. These fools want us to pay reparations to every group, ever slighted, in the history of mankind.
To: billbears
I'm not white!! I'm Scotch-Irish-Cherokee.Scotch-Irish-Welch-English-Creek with a drop of French.
And what are we supposed to do about the Africans who sold their enemies into slavery? Is the whole continent of Africa supposed to pay itself back?
What about the Africans enslaving blacks today?
32
posted on
08/13/2002 8:25:38 AM PDT
by
4CJ
To: Eala
Easy to say but hey, I'll put my money where my mouth is. Pay me adequate reparations for my forebears' involuntary departure from the Highlands of Scotland during the Clearances and I'd gladly return to the Gaidhealtachd!Forgive my ignorance, but who exactly would be responsible for these Clearnaces, and when did they happen?
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-33 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson