Why should we apologise for the Slave Trade?

[shaunbhoy]

Now don't get me wrong, I am in no way shape or form condoning slavery but I can't help but feel that those who perpetrated this crime as well as those who suffered from it are all long since dead and gone. What on earth does it achieve for those of us 200 years down the line or so to be somehow trying to take the rap? Totally pointless.
I mean if DNA evidence could somehow now be utilised to define the guilty party in the Jack the Ripper Case, would we use it to track down the descendants of "Jack" and send them to Prison for the mandatory "6 months suspended due to aggravating circumstances" penalty that would now become due? I don't think so!

[ratewhore]

Because Bliar is a feckless twat with no spine. Thats why...

[DimPrawn]

I'm sorry I had several slaves.

They were two-for-one on interest free and I should have known better.

Great Great Great Grandaddy Prawn

[shaunbhoy]

Well we can't go punishing people for snapping up bargains. Accept this ASBO and we'll say no more about it DP Snr Snr Snr Snr

[snaw]

Why should we apologise for the Slave Trade?

Has someone asked you to SB?

BTW Sunday league defending on Wed - canny believe the players are saying Caldwell isn't to blame - he looked pretty fecking shocking to me. Nearly as bad as that chinese centre half we played against Ayr last year in the cup, who got brought off after one half.

[Mordac]

I can't help but feel that those who perpetrated this crime

That's the point, 200 years ago it wasn't a crime.

[shaunbhoy]

TB and his cronies doing it on my behalf snaw. Barstewards!!

As for wednesday night, best forgotten. Still I am confident we can beat the Mancs and get at least a point in Copenhagen, so all is not lost. I'd expect to see Bobo replacing Caldwell against the Jam Tarts, but could be proven wrong as WGS has his own ideas.

[Paddy]

And the weekend to be moved to Friday and Saturday so not to offend them there muslems folk.

[snaw]

TB and his cronies doing it on my behalf snaw. Barstewards!!

Wasn't aware of that. While he's at it can he apologise for for several hundred years of the feudal system - I'm pretty sure some of my ancestors weren't too happy being serfs.

While he's at it we should get him to apologise for the angles and saxons invading a peaceful land full of Celt's and knicking all their farms, replacing their culture and generally acting like the germans on holiday always do. Bloody liberty.

[gingerjedi]

I believe in America there was a black rights movement that wanted to give tax breaks to black people in order to redress the balance of wealth assuming that white people had benefited from the slave trade.

How would that work??? It sounds like something the Lib Dems would come up with i.e. completely unworkable but who cares as they would never have the chance to implement it anyway.