Right! Loadsamoney from Italy please, as we were slaves to the Romans.
Tons of moolah from Nordic countries, as we were Fucked over by the Vikings.
When we get paid, maybe think about giving some away to US!!!!!!
how's about that then?????
Yes and the French could pay up for 1066, the Norman invasion!
As a New Zealand woman, I so agree. It's not good.
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I agree, and hope William isn't getting infected by Chuck's wokeness. It will not end well, but the signs are worrying.
Acknowledge the wrongs of slavery and move on, then put a lid on it once and for all.
No reparations or cans of worms for the taxpayer please. No racism in reverse either, and I think the US have taken leave of their senses.
Do the claimants know that those who enslaved their ancestors were very likely
black slave-traders who bought and sold their black countrymen and women? Why assume they were white? They could have been Arabs or Portuguese, anybody, impossible to know after 300 years who any legitimate beneficiary is, and you can't just have blanket beneficiaries.
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My own ancestors, from England and Ireland, were most likely stolen as slaves by the Vikings. But I don't see the Norwegians rushing to pay me anything! At the time slaves were owned most people thought it was OK, but we Brits were the first nation to say no, based on our Christian faith, and to abolish it. We have nothing to be ashamed and we don't owe anyone anything in this respect. But then, Charles was always keen to jump on the latest woke fad."
liverpoollou1 DAY AGO
"This reparations nonsense comes straight from America and must be firmly resisted. It is stupid to demand that people who have never owned slaves should pay money to other people who have never been slaves. If we start looking into ancestral rights and wrongs, everyone is owed "reparations" by someone! "
Pusska1 DAY AGO. Very good point this
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Providing access to the Royal Collection and Royal Archives is a huge mistake; papers will be stolen and leaked, secrets will be revealed, etc. etc. This will not likely end well. The whole issue of reparation for past history is simply untenable and bonkers. No payments should be made as none will be enough to the recipients. Shut down this imported craziness from America and move forward with all the lessons learned."
and:
".....History recounts how every defeated faction was enslaved by their conquerors . This was how it always ended for the defeated . But only one ethnic faction is now claiming reparations from their historic conquerors . Any idea what is different about their particular set of circumstances?"