Why should we apologise for the Slave Trade?

[mcquiggd]

If El Gordo implemented the same 'appeasement', it would be 'pay all your tax in advance', then 'fill in a form signed by your great great grandfather and include a DNA sample', which will eventually be lost by an army of people recruited to administer 'tax credits' incorrectly. The only bit they would keep is the DNA sample.

[Troll]

Slavery was a big money spinner for Africa at that time... as many Africans as Westerners would need to apologise to people who have probably actually benefitted from being born outside Africa.

So to summarise: what you're saying is they had a free boat trip to America. and have been freeloading ever since

[mcquiggd]

So to summerise: what you're saying is they had a free boat trip to America. and have been freeloading ever since

Not quite.. more like:

'Africans were more than happy to sell other Africans into slavery, and profit from the same 'trade'. The West, however are the only ones who are perceived to 'have to' show remorse, as they have money. The descendants of slaves are seeking compensation for a 'crime' (perhaps moral, but not a legal crime at the time), that they were not actually victims of, and instead of living in a backward continent riven by disease, war, and strife, were born in a country where they have what is the comparative luxury of seeking compensation through a legal system.'

[Troll]

Succinctly put