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Slavery Reparations
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78Unfortunately, Lazarus, many courts in the United States have disagreed with youJoseph Waligore-8/21/2002
77I disagree, Jorj. My son is in graduate school at Columbia University in politJoseph Waligore-8/21/2002
76<i>I think serious, intelligent, well-meaning people can believe in slaverJorj X Mckie-8/21/2002
75The Japanese-Americans who were indemnified were the same ones who went into thoLazarus_Long-8/21/2002
74In my opinion I think this whole thing is a bunch of bull. I don't believe aSarkie-8/21/2002
73Could be.Carolyn-8/21/2002
72Like someone not wanting the races to get along?PatiBob-8/21/2002
71Exactly. Only fools would raise such a question. Or someone with a hidden agendaCarolyn-8/21/2002
70I never said I believed in reparations for slavery. I said it was a much more sJoseph Waligore-8/21/2002
69What I see happening is this, it's not gonna pass, it's just gonna creatPatiBob-8/21/2002
68<i>the per-person payout would be between $5k and $10K</i> Then we Sarkie-8/21/2002
67What about the Irish indentured servants? What about the Acadians who were indenPatiBob-8/21/2002
66Which is why I don't share Lazarus' faith in our fellow, and more importLPS5-8/21/2002
65PB - you alerted me to this thread. Why pay reparations? Blacks sold the blacksCarolyn-8/21/2002
64According to this article in the Houston Chronicle, it's gaining momentum. PatiBob-8/21/2002
63You think so? I hope you're right, but - again, as in a previous post - I thLPS5-8/21/2002
62I gotta say I hadn't paid a whole lotta attention to this issue....it didn&#PatiBob-8/21/2002
61You won't know it because they will take out of the general fund after invenNeeka-8/21/2002
60<i>karma-cleansing </i> Karma has no legal standing. And applied acLazarus_Long-8/21/2002
59<i> HEY! All us Yankees are smart! And why'd you shoot my great grandpTimF-8/21/2002
58Laz It would not be worded as a punishment for the crimes of our ancestors but rTimF-8/21/2002
57HEY! I never took a shot at someone that didn't deserve shootin' at! WPatiBob-8/21/2002
56LOL!!! Yeah. You got it!Lazarus_Long-8/21/2002
55Yeah. But this target intends to bite back.Lazarus_Long-8/21/2002
54Again, it's the issue of deep pockets. Why sue the driver of the car that hiLPS5-8/21/2002
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