are we all sick of the slavery debate now?

Question

Slavery started by the slave masters capturing their own people and selling them to foriegn captains of ships going world wide!! While i abhor the slave trade and cruelty to any one or thing I am heartily sick of all these nutters going around in chains and yolks and saying sorry!!We did not do it!we were not born! it still goes on,the africans are still selling their children to the arabs for camel jockeys and all manner of uses(most of which i do'nt even want to think about) So come on people,either do something to actually stop it or shut up!!!!

Answer 1

I'm sick of it, they should remember it was tribal chiefs who gathered them for sale and the Arabs were the biggest traders. They are still being enslaved now by their own kind so don't keep blaming the English. The USA was the biggest slave nation. Besides if the blacks forefathers weren't slaves they would be back in Africa living in mud huts.
We were slaves in our own land and nobody gives a toss for that. We had to fight our own way out of it, nobody helped us. Remember they used to stick little kids up chimneys to clean them, that was slavery in it's worst form.

Answer 2

Slavery was a horrible period in our country (USA), and the people who propogated it were wrong, and deserved the worst. Fortunately, they are all dead now. We can now focus our efforts on the more pressing occurences in the world today.

Sometimes I think the 'civil rights' leaders want nothing more than to punish whites for being white, and men for being men, etc, etc, etc. It seems like there will be no peace from them until every white is in chains, or beaten down by the system.

Hear me now: Slavery is evil in every way. Slave owners were wrong to own slaves. I am so thankful there is no slavery prevalent in civilized society. But - I believe southern whites paid their debt by being defeated and dying in war, and suffering extreme poverty after the war. In many ways, the South is still recovering.

Activists should examine closely their motives, and make sure they aren't really seeking to exact some revenge for something no one today has ever seen.

Answer 3

i could say No chance without Thor. He and that i disagree or in all likelihood disagree on a number of themes (i'm middle-suitable, he's stated he leans in the route of democratic socialism), yet he's constantly insightful and honest-minded in his perspectives, and would not drink all of us's Kool-help at the same time as it is composed of the info. So, i imagine shall we've a superior debate and both agree or comply with disagree on the acceptable with none call-calling.

Answer 4

Absolutely, because it has been hijacked by the PC lefty/liberal brigade to further their anti-British agenda. I agree with everything that you say, and as far as those white bleeding hearts are concerned, they should be sectioned. They are mainly an answer looking for a problem, and simply move on from one issue to another. They don't speak for me.

By raising and focusing on this issue, they are deliberately fanning the flames of racism (not a word I like) and keeping the black v white agenda going. They must have a vested interest, maybe they get funding for solving a problem that doesn't exist in reality, but they are trying to give birth to it.

Answer 5

I think we are on the whole. It is a great pity that the abominable cruelty of slavery has been remembered by the iridiculous posturing of politicians that we have seen, togeher with others who are rewriting history to meet their own agenda. The result has been overkill and now many of us are mildly resentful and bored by the whole circus. Shame.

Answer 6

My GOD yes.

No offense against anyone, but I am sick to death of it
I wasn't part of it, and no-one alive today in this country was.

I applogise only for what I have done, or for what someone I am responsible for has done.

Not what someone who lived long before my grandparents did.

And lets be honest, about it, why is it that everyone is so quick to say how awful it was, but no-one is prepared to step forward and say "We were the first to abolish slavery, and did our BEST to spread that will throughout the world."

Answer 7

Just withthe direction it has gone.

There are more people living under slavery NOW then there ever have been in the past. We need to stop debating what we should do about the past and start acting n the present problem!

Answer 8

I think the world deservs to give the United Kingdom a great big thankyou for being the first nation to stop this rotten trade.
Instead of all these muppets demanding apologies and reparations!
Where's my apology from the Italians(Romans) for all my forebears that they enslaved?

Answer 9

No I am not sick of it. Actually, I didn't even realise there was a 'debate' - are there some people who are still in favour of slavery?

The old chestnut about Africans' complicity in the slave trade is often wheeled out as if it somehow excuses everyone else. It doesn't. To me, it's not about white guilt and black victimhood. The slavers, slave traders and slave owners all share guilt, regardless of their colour. Saying sorry is not about personal responsibility, it's about expressing sorrow for a heinous crime. Saying sorry is an *acknowledgement* rather than a denial of history.

Slavery existed in Africa before the white traders came along. However, it was a very different state; slaves in Africa were still treated as human beings and colour was obviously not a particular issue. There is a lot of doubt that the African rulers and slavers truly knew quite how different being a slave in the New World would be. Some African kings tried to abolish slavery but the European slave-trading nations forced them to continue it.

The reason the issue is receiving a lot of focus right now because it's the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. It doesn't normally receive this level of prominence (it's talked about far less than the Nazi Holocaust, for example). Yes, slavery is over and no one living today is responsible for what happened hundreds of years ago. But the legacy of slavery persists in many ways, from racism and shadeism, to economic disadvantage.

And actually, slavery itself persists - it's illegal but human trafficking and forced labour (including sexual servitude) goes on, even in countries like the United States and Europe. If there is anything that the anniversary of slavery should remind is it's the fact that the world is still full of injustice and cruelty.

It's also a time to reflect on the many brave men and women - both black and white - who fought for the abolition of slavery. Their example should be an inspiration to us all.

I couldn't agree more that we should do something about it rather than pontificate. If you are interested in human rights, you can help through organisations such as Amnesty International.

NOTE: An aside to the person who suggested that black Americans should be thankful for slavery because it means they get to live in the first world. Are you trying to be funny? You have a strange idea about history. Africa before the 16th century had a sophisticated civilisation with universities. This ended through the slave trade and later colonialism. We actually don't know what Africa would have become if the Trans-Atlantic slave trade had never happened - but it would probably be better off than it is today. Certainly, Europe and both North and South America would never have become as relatively wealthy as they are without the labour of African slaves. The world would be an entirely different place.

Answer 10

Yes, sick of it. It encourages black people to hate white people and encourages racism. It happened so long ago that we cannot be responsible for it. There is slavery going on in the world now that we can do something about.