 thisnamecantbetaken says: Well, it's about time! Yes but they are ruling out any compensation While slavery was a dark spot on American history, it was the United States that abolished slavery. Ultimately, is was Republican president Abraham Lincoln who ended slavery. July 17, 1862 - Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy “shall be forever free” Democrats fought him every step of the way to freeing the slaves. Today, slavery is practiced in parts of Africa on other countries. Where are the calls from Jesse Jackson and the NAACP to end slavery in Africa and other parts of the world? It comes as no surprise to me that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. From its founding in 1854 as the anti... Wow, somebody got their history half right, which of course means that they got their history half wrong. The Republican WERE the party Lincoln, back in the 1860s, NOT ANY MORE! Also that post shows that somebody missed the message entirely, again. I agree, ratilfar. Instead of playing the blame-game and trying to wipe one's hands of all responsibility, it would be nice if America put aside all that left / right feuding for once and came together, to recognize the error of it's ways. After all, the segregated schools and buses etc, weren't just Democrat schools and buses, were they? I see it more as whites, ALL whites, (because all were complicit in one way or another) should apologize to the people of colour they have hurt so badly. If any apology were to seem in any way sincere, that's how it should be, I reckon. On a side note, there has never been so much slavery in the world, as there is today. Especially in the sex-slave industry. We apologized to the Aborigines of Australia. It was a positive for most. Doesn't change the past and shouldn't lead to compensation. It shows we recognize what happened. Nothing can be changed and history is repeating itself elsewhere. @clipontie I don't dispute any of the facts you present, but I take issue with the way you present them. The parties have changed their positions on many issues over the years. By sticking strictly to party labels, you pretend-imply that conservatives, NOT liberals, have always been at the forefront of civil rights. Dixie-crats like strom thurmond were NOT liberals. They were conservatives who happen to align with the party that best represented their views. Back then it was democrat party. Now these same hate-filled conservative types have moved to the republican party, where they continue to try and impede any change to the status quo, for example gay rights. So, the democ... It's a very valid point questioning why you should apologize for something you fought against? Or your family fought against? Or you've ideologically opposed and acted against your whole life? I'm afraid the answer was in the first response to this clip: the apology included the provision that no cash compensation is given. It's a drag but governments and war mongering groups are often like that, they give themselves a nice sounding name or act as if they are doing a nice sounding thing and they when you look at the details the real bite, the real cash or actions, are practically the opposite of how it sounds. The "Native American Equal Opportunity Act," was also a good example of this. |
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