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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (9734)	6/13/2001 10:30:21 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 59480

You assume too much, flappy. Being a bit of a terrorist myself, this is hardly anything I would ban anyone for. As long as your demolib gyrations continue to amuse me you are safe enough. JLA

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (9734)	6/13/2001 12:15:34 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 59480

Rhetorical? Hardly. More like you had no answer. Surely you do not think your reply to GZ was an answer. More like more specious justification for a bad idea. Re: "You're just a terrorist, aren't you?" If that were my motive, JLA would have banned me long ago. Check JLA's response. I believe he answered this.

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (9734)	6/13/2001 12:57:08 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 59480

Let me add to my comment that your answer to GZ was no answer. That answer amounted to "Wouldn't it be nice if we gave these people some money? Then some of them might spend it on education." It did not address the basic justice of your proposal or lack thereof. And I propose that I know why: because you cannot justify it in those terms. These are the facts: 1. No living American black was ever a slave in the US. 2. No living American ever owned any slaves. 3. Many current Americans are not natives and can have no responsibility for what happened in the US 140 and more years ago. 4. Many current Americans had no ancestors who were in what currently is the US when slavery existed. 5. Of those Americans who did have ancestors here prior to 1865, many of those ancestors worked against slavery, not for it. In the light of the above, how do you justify a claim that we owe the descendants of the slaves reparations? Be sure and either ignore the above or answer with a flippant non-answer. I wouldn't want you to break a perfect record.