pretty_big Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/29/jamaica-calls-britain-pay-billions-pounds-reparations-slavery Personally I think it won't and should never happen. We should never forget about slavery and the impacts of it along with other large history lessons but even apologising for slavery in my opinion is just stupid it's something the happened centuries ago if it was 50-75 years ago maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost rider Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/29/jamaica-calls-britain-pay-billions-pounds-reparations-slavery Personally I think it won't and should never happen. We should never forget about slavery and the impacts of it along with other large history lessons but even apologising for slavery in my opinion is just stupid it's something the happened centuries ago if it was 50-75 years ago maybe. Agreed,why should we have to keep paying and apologising for things our ancestors did.I am guessing that most people in this country will not be proud of what our ancestors did.Even Ainsley Harriets great grandfather was a slave owner ,Ainsley should not feel obliged to apologise for what his great grandfather did,why should any of us have too.What happened should never be forgotten but the world needs to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 They're just trying it on, to see if they can cash in on the guilt we're supposed to feel about slavery, which we were the first to make illegal two hundred years ago. If Cameron even responds to this, he's a fool. If I had the choice between being in most African countries and Jamaica ... no contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeh Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I dont feel guilty about slavery for a few reasons. We didnt invent it We ended it I wasnt born then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 How about we tackle slavery in its many current forms? Stop pan handling Jamaica it doesn't suit you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Codswallop! How far back in history do we apologise for? Maybe to the French for annoying them the last thousand years. Or pherhaps we should demand reparation and an apology from the Romans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Or pherhaps we should demand reparation and an apology from the Romans! Exactly. What did the Romans ever do for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 It was black leaders that sold their own people into slavery anyway= http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/slavetra.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchcoll Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I'm not paying a penny towards it. At those times in history my ancestors we're mere peasants in what was known as the Britsh Raj (or whatever Pakistan/India) was called then. Nothing to do with me, guv.... In fact, I would like the minimum wage back paying for a couple of hundred years for the work my great grandads did in the tea plantations. How do I start myself one of these petitions? Seriously though, this is ridiculous. History is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/29/jamaica-calls-britain-pay-billions-pounds-reparations-slavery Personally I think it won't and should never happen. We should never forget about slavery and the impacts of it along with other large history lessons but even apologising for slavery in my opinion is just stupid it's something the happened centuries ago if it was 50-75 years ago maybe. Why is it these people seem to forget that the Africans and Arabs were the biggest slave traders as were other countries yet they target the English, why not repatriate all of African descent back to their country of origin, perhaps that may satisfy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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