
In the Caribbean a number of countries have started to demand reparation money from a number of European countries, primarily Britain which is sued by 14 countries for the slave trade all of these countries have taken part of in the past.
I imagine there are quite a lot of different thought about this topic.
My personal thought is that all of those countries are shameless beggars. Whether they genuinely believe in this or are exploiting their ancestors suffering for some quick cash I remain entirely unsympathetic to their demands.
I agree slavery was horrible and anyone who argues against that deserves a punch in the gut but we are living in the 21th century. Everyone who was a slave is dead has long since died, everyone who owned slaves have long since died. Everyone who has ever been, owned or seen a slave has been dead for over a century. The people making those claims have never been slaves and neither have their parents or their grandparents.
The people on the Caribbean have no right to any compensations in regards to Slavery. Those people are not their ancestors and furthermore neither are we! Just as they have no right to ask for this money I have no reason to pay money for crimes committed by others.
And if we where to answer to these ridicules demands what then? Where would it end? Will these people be suing African countries next for selling their ancestors in the first place? Can China demand millions from Mongolia for the thousands that perished against Ghengis Khan? Will half of Europe, the middle east and north Africa ask for donation from Italy next? Coming to think of it I'm pretty sure my ancestors have likely suffered at the hands of either Romans, Vikings, the Spanish or the French. Where can I make my claim?
