Are we should focus on helping those still enslaved today

comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)
posted 1 minute ago
Are we should focus on helping those still enslaved today
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Totally agree.

comment by Vengeance (U23079)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Barf Vader (U15867)
posted 3 minutes ago
Can we not just pay them in illegal immigrants and asylum seekers?
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Your comment may be facetious and I am generally a fan of your humour, but many people are fleeing former colonial regions in search of a safe passage and a better life in the UK. They should be allowed to contribute to our society (plunder even!), just as our ancestors did during the height of British colonial rule.

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Yeah, that's fair. A bit of give and take here and there I have no problem with.

comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)
posted 29 seconds ago
Are we should focus on helping those still enslaved today
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As a society, we should strive to end all forms of exploitation and social and economic inequalities. We must also revisit historical events and seek to repair the damage inflicted on societies and economies.

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 4 hours, 24 minutes ago
We should consider Australia differently. The reason being we were still taking children away from their parents until the 1970s.
Also there has never been a treaty giving them ' rights'.
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Sorry, 52, missed this. When you say consider them differently, do you mean an exception to the rule? Are you suggesting that Australia was justified in forcefully removing indigenous children from their parents as part of an assimilation programme into white society? Or should we instead revisit those actions and consider reparations for the harm caused?

Bluey alloughs Australia 2b 4give of previus sinz

comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 13 seconds ago
Bluey alloughs Australia 2b 4give of previus sinz
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😂

comment by Vengeance (U23079)
posted 0 seconds ago
comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 13 seconds ago
Bluey alloughs Australia 2b 4give of previus sinz
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😂
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You and your obsession with Bluey!

comment by Vengeance (U23079)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 4 hours, 24 minutes ago
We should consider Australia differently. The reason being we were still taking children away from their parents until the 1970s.
Also there has never been a treaty giving them ' rights'.
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Sorry, 52, missed this. When you say consider them differently, do you mean an exception to the rule? Are you suggesting that Australia was justified in forcefully removing indigenous children from their parents as part of an assimilation programme into white society? Or should we instead revisit those actions and consider reparations for the harm caused?

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'We' are not responsible for has happened in Austrailia since 1901.

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by Vengeance (U23079)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 4 hours, 24 minutes ago
We should consider Australia differently. The reason being we were still taking children away from their parents until the 1970s.
Also there has never been a treaty giving them ' rights'.
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Sorry, 52, missed this. When you say consider them differently, do you mean an exception to the rule? Are you suggesting that Australia was justified in forcefully removing indigenous children from their parents as part of an assimilation programme into white society? Or should we instead revisit those actions and consider reparations for the harm caused?

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'We' are not responsible for has happened in Austrailia since 1901.
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Should be "they"

comment by Vengeance (U23079)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)
posted 29 seconds ago
Are we should focus on helping those still enslaved today
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As a society, we should strive to end all forms of exploitation and social and economic inequalities. We must also revisit historical events and seek to repair the damage inflicted on societies and economies.

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While I think most reasonable people would have to agree with that statement, the suggestion that repairing the damage can be achieved by signing a cheque is a bit naive IMO. Of course that can form part of it, but the systemic hurdles that exist, the impact on the society and cultures of nations colonised and enslaved cannot be repaired with money alone. To the point that putting a dollar value on it is almost insulting. Like: 'we've paid so shut up about it..'

Better would be a proper discussion around how we can help these people now, but also in the coming decades, to build prosperity and whatever else they want to achieve. Maybe they don't want our money and just want to be left the fack alone?

All of which to say, how far back does this go? Do we chase Italy for crimes of the Romans? At some point you have to acknowledge that crap things happened in the past and make sure they don't happen again. But it's not the responsibility of the people around now to make good on it

comment by Vengeance (U23079)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Vengeance (U23079)
posted 0 seconds ago
comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 13 seconds ago
Bluey alloughs Australia 2b 4give of previus sinz
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😂
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You and your obsession with Bluey!
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Disney past on merchandice rites 4 Bluey when they bort the show 4 there tv channul

oops

No one's even mentioned the Great Heathen Army

Should UK pay reparations?

Should we faack - absolute scandal these caants trying to manipulate a pay off for past events

Should tell all these fackin scammers to do one

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Vengeance (U23079)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 4 hours, 24 minutes ago
We should consider Australia differently. The reason being we were still taking children away from their parents until the 1970s.
Also there has never been a treaty giving them ' rights'.
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Sorry, 52, missed this. When you say consider them differently, do you mean an exception to the rule? Are you suggesting that Australia was justified in forcefully removing indigenous children from their parents as part of an assimilation programme into white society? Or should we instead revisit those actions and consider reparations for the harm caused?

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'We' are not responsible for has happened in Austrailia since 1901.
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Royal assent?

Absolutely not. Its ancient history and belongs in the past. We give our more than our fair share in world aid as it is. You have to draw a line somewhere.

Bales left foot,

I agree that the process of repair should be nuanced; no amount of money can truly repair the cultural damage or restore the millions of lives lost due to exploitation and social and economic injustices. While monetary reparations have played a significant role in many notable cases, the primary goal should be to uplift affected communities. Ultimately, however, the affected communities may see that, to some extent, monetary reparations have helped fix past wrongs in a tangible sense.

We send Foreign Aid to India and Pakistan, they use that money to build nuclear weapons to point at each other.

We shouldn't be giving either of these countries a fekin penny.

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 minute ago
We send Foreign Aid to India and Pakistan, they use that money to build nuclear weapons to point at each other.

We shouldn't be giving either of these countries a fekin penny.
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India receive more money in aid than any other country which is farcical really.

Vengeance

In reference to India https://youtu.be/f7CW7S0zxv4

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 34 seconds ago
We send Foreign Aid to India and Pakistan, they use that money to build nuclear weapons to point at each other.

We shouldn't be giving either of these countries a fekin penny.
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Who was responsible for partitioning India in a manner that divided Kashmir between Indian and Pakistani territories?

😏

Burma/Myanmar was a British colony that's now under a brutal dictatorship.

How much should we be sending to the junta there?

Wonder how much the Muslim world pays in reparations given the absolutely huge number of slaves processed?

comment by Bãleș left boot (U22081)
posted 11 seconds ago
Vengeance

In reference to India https://youtu.be/f7CW7S0zxv4
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Thanks, BLB, I'll watch it later.

And in answer to the question

No.