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Pastimes : Slavery Reparations
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To: Joseph Waligore who wrote (25)8/21/2002 4:51:24 PM
From: TimF   of 203
 
I consider it a matter of honor and karma-cleansing to recognize the mistakes a person or country has done in the past. If I rape you, it is ungracious if I meet you ten years later and say let's forget the past and not live in the past.

A rapist should get punished and I have no problem with that punishment including some compensation if that is what the victim wants and the law supports the idea (which I guess it does at least in the sense that the victim can sue for damages). The rapist is guilty of a horrible crime and I'm not upset if he pays.

But with reparations for slavery you are asking someone who is not guilty to give money to someone who is not the victim. There is no justice is that.

Tim
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