It would create the exact same problem we have here in australia. Our 'natives' basically have legal immunity as well as being paid just for being a different race.
 
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What do you mean, 3?
 
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EFM/PO2 JMac/Aegis 3-4/Aegis 12/(=A=)(=SA=)(MC1)

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Now that the UK has a universal minimum wage (£3.80 an hour), I will be writing to the government demanding money my ancestors did not get in the Industrial Revolution, as they were working for 2 shillings and a groat You can't give money to people because your ancestors hurt their ancestors. The best you can do is posthumously award them something, such as.. I don't know.. citizenship and all the free rights of the United States. And make a public apology to everyone affected. Then, of course, stop thinking about their wallets and go and do something about stopping it happening in the Third World.
 
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Don't forget that some of those third world countries have very corrupt governments.. My dad works in Nigeria, and he says that for every dollar of tax paid, only about 10 cents makes it into the countrys treasury - the rest is pocketed. Furthermore, a few African countries still use slavery of their own people. What would be the point of paying corrupt governments (who probably took over the country by force, so shouldn't be there anyway), when those governments won't spend it on the people, and when it'll all go straight back into slavery? Although, I do agree, thats a far better idea than giving it to individuals
 
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Why should we be paying African governments for the loss of their people?  The slave hunting parties that you often hear about actually happened very rarely.  What happened was this.  ZOne African nation fought another.  They took prisoners.  They used those prisoners as slaves.  they then sold their slaves to us and other nations.  They have already been payed.  If any slave stilled lived today, I would say, sure, pay him.  But there aren't.  What you have now is a community of whiney people who's leaders have thinking that they are owed handouts based on what their ancestors endured. 
 
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- Braveheart
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JMac, look onto the fact that I mentioned there about governments.  The US government is the institution that funded the slave trade(or at least, allowed it to be funded), so they need to pay in some way at the very least.  I don't care how, but the fact is that the statute of limitations on "crimes against humanity"(which this definitely was) states that no amount of time is too long to demand repairations as long as the offending party still exists.  In this case(The US government no less) still does.  Therefore, by international law, we owe repairations to someone.  I don't care to who, but they need to be paid.
 
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JMac, the answer to all those is "the same time the US owns up for slavery and the anti-Indian crusade that they did encourage".  The simple fact is that these acts will probably never have their debts repaid, but that doesn't change the fact that, by international law(law that the US and almost every nation on Earth have agreed to abide by), they should be made to pay.  That's my point, not that they will pay.  I agree that the descendents should not get a d*mned thing, they didn't suffer through jack(it's like getting something in a will, but I won't start on that  ).  However, the nations or groups involved(if they still exist, Mongolia is not the nation that conquered Russia or China, that nation was the Huns/Mongols, slightly different, but different none the less) should still be made to make up for their actions in some way.
 
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"How boring life would be if everyone felt the same way we do..." - Argon Viper
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung

i'm with that.  When I said there weren't any living slaves, i was speaking strictly on the motion to pay all African Americans money for slavery that used to go in in this country.  Sorry for the misconception.
 
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Judging by what is happening right now, pretty soon India and Pakistan will both be glowing craters.  They haven't launched yet, but they are really, really close.  The USA is about to evac civ and military from areas nearby.
 
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- Braveheart
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Yeh, Pakistan and India are testing their nukes.. To "test" them, they let them off where theres no people.. To "use" them, they let them off where there are people.. Its very technical, apparently Of course, its pretty hilarious. Theres about 1,300,000,000 (1.3 billion) people in India and Pakistan.. they could all be fried by Monday.. ..and all George Bush worries about is his beloved "War on Terror". He wants to stop Bin Laden & Co getting nukes, but does nothing about a couple of nuclear powers?
 
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Argon, you're brilliance truly amazes me, just wanted to let you know that........................Am I being Sarcastic????? "Bad MegaDeth, BAD!!!" /me slaps my own fingers...
 
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Hey JMac, you've got someone to back you up    Anyways, my point is simply that, if nuclear war breaks out, bin Laden has lost one of his prime areas of support.  As for stealing nukes, this is the last time he'll be getting any.  Wanna know why?  Here goes. You're a military commander in Pakistan who has control of three nukes.  First off, these nukes give you a lot of power, and you aren't going to let one go easily.  Second off, India's sitting just around the block ready to nuke you, you're gonna want to respond.  Third off, just having the nukes means that you might not get nuked.  The Indians might just make a deal with you and only nuke Islamabad. That's why he's not likely to get anything out of this.
 
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"How boring life would be if everyone felt the same way we do..." - Argon Viper
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