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To: Chi-townChief
These guys point out how there once was a wrong committed, a vile, horrible wrong. And they, who were not the wronged, want to collect a lot of money taken from people like me, who did not commit the wrong.

I just hope they realize that what they are really pushing for is a civil war. Because if reparations ever becomes anything more than a leftist carnival act, and actually becomes law, that is precisely what those pushing it will get.

4 posted on 08/17/2002 2:43:15 PM PDT by Dales
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To: Dales
I just hope they realize that what they are really pushing for is a civil war. Because if reparations ever becomes anything more than a leftist carnival act, and actually becomes law, that is precisely what those pushing it will get.

I doubt it.

You underestimate the power of the media to make white people ashamed of their inner feelings. And their power to make those whom they have made ashamed hate those who they have not.

61 posted on 08/17/2002 3:52:31 PM PDT by templar
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To: Dales
What they really want is the indefinable thing called "RESPECT". They think they are "owed" preferential respect, just because they're black. Now, they are willing to trade that respect for money. In the end, they will have neither, and that's their own fault, not white peoples' or the government's fault.

When those who did not earn compensation take it from those who did not cause the problem to be compensated, there is neither respect earned, nor given. In fact, contempt will be the result if they do receive their ill-gotten gain. I for one will not have any respect and a lot of contempt for any black that gets any "reparations" money forceably taken from me by the government. My ancestors did not ever own slaves. My father's family didn't come here until 1867, and my mother's family was Amish and Mennonite. No slaves held in either case.

I don't owe any person of color one red cent for reparations or any such thing. I have not harmed them in any way, and making me pay reparations will be doing me harm. My skin color is not sufficient cause to rob me, and that's what they'd be doing, pure and simple. This is Racism at its most blatant.

73 posted on 08/17/2002 4:14:31 PM PDT by nobdysfool
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To: Dales
they, who were not the wronged, want to collect a lot of money taken from people like me, who did not commit the wrong.

And just who will they demand pay? My family immigrated to America, to New York, to the Yankee towns, from Ireland and England, only three generations ago. They had NOTHING to do with slavery. And what about lots of blacks, who's ancesters are white? Then blacks should pay towards reparations if they have white in them. This whole thing is wrong and ridiculous. Slavery is over, and many WHITE people died to make it so.

146 posted on 08/18/2002 6:50:12 AM PDT by nicmarlo
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