2007-02-24 14:17:03 · 9 answers · asked by gohawks1988 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It's just useless rhetoric. America's apology for Slavery can be found in Arlington Cemetary and in national and Confederate Cemetaries across the United States.
American paid for slavery with the blood of 600,000 of its citizens.
To my mind the debt has been paid in full and the apology most certainly already made.
2007-02-24 14:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Virginia did not start the slave trade. It was started in Boston, Massachusetts. That's where the apologies should begin if there should be one given. I think it was a useless endeavor. They should be working on more important issues. I suppose those who are 145 years old should be happy now. I think the real apology should go to the American Indian who we destroyed for the love of money and a hate for mother nature and earth.
One more note. During the playoffs and the start of the super bowl and during the game then after the game how many times did we here that 2 black head coaches made it for the first time in history.
Truth is I never realized the Colts coach was black - I looked at him as a man a great coach and a great man. It was not until the sports media and the left wing media had to go and point out the man's race.
2007-02-25 00:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by DarkPrince139 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its about time, don't you think?
KERMIT M: So you think that past injustices are repaid if the country that committed them ends them? I mean 600,000 dead served to free the slaves, but it would be absurd to think that that was all the re-compensation they were owed. Aside from the freedom, those dead did not help to repay the slaves for their time spent in slavery. It would be like saying that Germany (which paid with many million dead) owed no debt to the survivors of the holocaust. That the devastation of the war was enough, and the people who survived it should expect nothing more than not having to be in a concentration camp.
I'm afraid that just ceasing to harm another group is never enough re-compensation. The idea of re-compensation is not just that you stop harming somebody else, but that you repay them for the harm that you inflicted on them. That is why it was wrong for President Johnson to treat the newly freed slaves as he did (refusing to re-compensate them).
2007-02-24 23:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by student_of_life 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's fkin rediculous. It's 2007 and society is still hung up on slavery? Get over it. Maybe before society worries about apologizing, and compensating people for slavery, we should start saving up our money for all that we are gonna owe the Jews. Picking cotton Vs. being burned alive? Human Race...thats it.
2007-02-24 22:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by engulance 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who cares? I'm only interested in ending the war in Iraq and not going into Iran.
2007-02-24 22:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think apology is good enough .Maybe they need to reconsider the circumstances and just what is at stake and just how many people they have screwed over and pay them for their help to make things right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-24 22:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good political move. One hundred and fifty years to late.
2007-02-24 22:28:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was it during Black History Month???
2007-02-24 22:20:34 · answer #8 · answered by type2negative 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems rather untimely.
2007-02-24 22:22:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋