Senate approves resolution apologizing for slavery

2009-06-18 13:18:50

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Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5883

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for the wrongs of slavery.

The nonbinding resolution sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is similar to a House resolution adopted last year that acknowledged the wrongs of slavery but offered no reparations. The House will have to vote on the issue again because the composition of that chamber changed after last November's elections.

The resolution was approved on a voice vote.

Because it is nonbinding, it does not have to be forwarded to the president for his signature.

Several states have passed similar resolutions, but the House resolution was the first time a branch of the federal government did so.

Harkin's resolution "acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery, and Jim Crow laws," and "apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United States for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow laws."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/18/ … index.html

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Sorry your ancestors which none of you even know the name of where taken here to do labor.
One day we are going to be paying for reparations and the EU will apologize to Africa for colonizing it.

2009-06-18 13:24:19

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Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7141|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Stupid

You are not responsible for what your ancestors did hundreds of years ago, fuck this shit.

I suppose I should apologize to the Scottish and Northern Irish for my ancestors plundering their lands and taking slaves?

Last edited by Sydney (2009-06-18 13:25:02)

2009-06-18 14:05:58

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Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6703|North Carolina

...just be glad it's not reparations.

2009-06-18 14:14:32

#4

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6751|The Twilight Zone

I think its nice to acknowledge what had happened during those times.

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2009-06-18 14:17:18

#5

Pug: UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate; +652|6840|Texas - Bigger than France

Wait...slavery was wrong?

Shouldn't these guys be fixing something now, instead a kicking the dead horse?

@Sup...yes it is...

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2009-06-18 14:49:52

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Ajax_the_Great1: Dropped on request; +206|6944

Turquoise wrote:
...just be glad it's not reparations.

You're forgetting Affirmative Action.

2009-06-18 15:04:15

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Lai: Member; +186|6449

Macbeth wrote:
EU will apologize to Africa for colonizing it.

Oh yes, because Africa was so much worse off when they were colonized. Now that Africa is decolonized they have proven they can look after themselves and do NOT at all live on international aid or buy a rusty kalashnikov for each buck you give them.

Seriously fuck Africa. They have been given all the time and chance to develop or at least show some form of ongoing development; they have done neither.

2009-06-18 15:07:24

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Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7141|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Lai wrote:
Macbeth wrote:
EU will apologize to Africa for colonizing it.
Oh yes, because Africa was so much worse off when they were colonized. Now that Africa is decolonized they have proven they can look after themselves and do NOT at all live on international aid or buy a rusty kalashnikov for each buck you give them.

Seriously fuck Africa. They have been given all the time and chance to develop or at least show some form of ongoing development; they have done neither.

*Insert racist comment about laziness*

2009-06-18 15:20:53

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Lai: Member; +186|6449

Sydney wrote:
Lai wrote:
Macbeth wrote:
EU will apologize to Africa for colonizing it.
Oh yes, because Africa was so much worse off when they were colonized. Now that Africa is decolonized they have proven they can look after themselves and do NOT at all live on international aid or buy a rusty kalashnikov for each buck you give them.

Seriously fuck Africa. They have been given all the time and chance to develop or at least show some form of ongoing development; they have done neither.
*Insert racist comment about laziness*

I'm just fed up with how nowadays it is even considered politically incorrect when one does not feel responsible for Africa being fail, and/or one does not want to waste taxpayers money on corrupt officials.

I don't want to feed someone's poor child either, because they replace children even faster than an AK mag. I really can't (under)stand when some starved family is being interviewed, with seven starved children lying about and the wife pregnant. Don't tell me they can't help it or are entitled to regular sex; learn your priorities when you are dying, don't breed like fucking bunnies!

Another research was published today, stating that in South Africa (which by many is considered to be thé developped African country), over 25% of the male population has either comitted rape or does so on a regular basis. Then I as a Westerner should feel guilty because AIDS medicines are too expensive in Africa?

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2009-06-18 15:41:41

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Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|6963|NT, like Mick Dundee

Go Mugabe! He inherited the strongest economy in Southern Africa and... err...

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-06-18 17:02:19

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Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6703|North Carolina

Lai wrote:
Seriously fuck Africa.

Agreed.

2009-06-18 17:13:15

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Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7005|67.222.138.85

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a resolution apologizing for the wrongs of slavery.

That would have been okay.

2009-06-18 18:04:58

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Harmor: Error_Name_Not_Found; +605|6846|San Diego, CA, USA

Reparations of gtfo

2009-06-18 18:27:21

#14

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7072|Noizyland

I'm getting sick of the "Blonde Woman Pulling Her Hair" image.

But more to the point why the fuck shouldn't the United States apologise for slavery? You may be against it but in the end you know what it means? Absolutely fucking nothing. It's just saying "sorry". It's a purely symbolic gesture and it does no-one any harm. Stop protesting pointless shit.

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2009-06-18 18:32:32

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6798|so randum

what ty said

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2009-06-18 18:43:53

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Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|6963|NT, like Mick Dundee

Harmor wrote:
Reparations of gtfo

You trolling? Any slaves alive in the USA today to pay reparations to?

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-06-18 18:53:39

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Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|6988|Tampa Bay Florida

FatherTed wrote:
what ty said

also.... what the fuck... people getting mad over an apology... oh god no how dare they issue an apology....

Also to the fuckwit talking shit about Africa being better off colonized... fuck you. The reason Africa is in the state its in NOW is because of colonization. a duhr??? If I go into your living room and fuck everything up its gonna be the exact same when you come back later. Aint gonna fix itself.

ps theres also plenty of black people alive TODAY who had to endure bullshit when they were growing up. So stop acting like it was back in ancient egypt or something, I'm not for handing out money to people but for christs sake the least you can do is acknowledge that what happened in the past is at least somewhat relevant to stuff going on now...

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2009-06-18 18:59:56

#18

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5883

Spearhead wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
what ty said
also.... what the fuck... people getting mad over an apology... oh god no how dare they issue an apology....

Also to the fuckwit talking shit about Africa being better off colonized... fuck you. The reason Africa is in the state its in NOW is because of colonization. a duhr??? If I go into your living room and fuck everything up its gonna be the exact same when you come back later. Aint gonna fix itself.

ps theres also plenty of black people alive TODAY who had to endure bullshit when they were growing up. So stop acting like it was back in ancient egypt or something, I'm not for handing out money to people but for christs sake the least you can do is acknowledge that what happened in the past is at least somewhat relevant to stuff going on now...

Fine. No more black history month then.

2009-06-18 19:02:24

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Pug: UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate; +652|6840|Texas - Bigger than France

Spearhead wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
what ty said
also.... what the fuck... people getting mad over an apology... oh god no how dare they issue an apology....

Also to the fuckwit talking shit about Africa being better off colonized... fuck you. The reason Africa is in the state its in NOW is because of colonization. a duhr??? If I go into your living room and fuck everything up its gonna be the exact same when you come back later. Aint gonna fix itself.

ps theres also plenty of black people alive TODAY who had to endure bullshit when they were growing up. So stop acting like it was back in ancient egypt or something, I'm not for handing out money to people but for christs sake the least you can do is acknowledge that what happened in the past is at least somewhat relevant to stuff going on now...

I'm not mad. But if it turns out Congress breaks a little early late in the year with a huge issue hanging in the balance...and they ran out of time because of a PR move...I'd rather have the legislation.

2009-06-18 19:08:41

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S3v3N: lolwut?; +685|6816|Montucky

i'm whitey.

and i'm sorry.

There fuck ya'll.

2009-06-18 19:31:38

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Ajax_the_Great1: Dropped on request; +206|6944

Spearhead wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
what ty said
also.... what the fuck... people getting mad over an apology... oh god no how dare they issue an apology....

Apologizing for what someone else did is stupid, meaningless, and a waste of government time.

2009-06-18 19:47:06

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Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7064|UK

Sydney wrote:
Stupid

You are not responsible for what your ancestors did hundreds of years ago, fuck this shit.

I suppose I should apologize to the Scottish and Northern Irish for my ancestors plundering their lands and taking slaves?

shhhhh don't tell the Irish members of the board that, everything the English did decades before my birth is directly my fault and don't forget it.

2009-06-18 19:53:31

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Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6768

Vilham wrote:
Sydney wrote:
Stupid

You are not responsible for what your ancestors did hundreds of years ago, fuck this shit.

I suppose I should apologize to the Scottish and Northern Irish for my ancestors plundering their lands and taking slaves?
shhhhh don't tell the Irish members of the board that, everything the English did decades before my birth is directly my fault and don't forget it.

Protip: Sydney's Nordic, and the English 'rape' of Ireland didn't happen "hundreds of years ago".

His point is that he doesn't want to apologize for something that has no contemporary use or relevance. American slave-ownership (and the emancipation-era afterwards full of civil injustice and continued race-segregation and animosity) and the Anglo-Irish relations are affairs that are still pretty much noticeable in modern-day society. Northern Ireland is still a sectarian mess; America is still pretty much a polar land of middle-class white suburbia and black ghetto impoverishment.

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2009-06-18 19:57:34

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Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7064|UK

Uzique wrote:
Vilham wrote:
Sydney wrote:
Stupid

You are not responsible for what your ancestors did hundreds of years ago, fuck this shit.

I suppose I should apologize to the Scottish and Northern Irish for my ancestors plundering their lands and taking slaves?
shhhhh don't tell the Irish members of the board that, everything the English did decades before my birth is directly my fault and don't forget it.
Protip: Sydney's Nordic, and the English 'rape' of Ireland didn't happen "hundreds of years ago".

His point is that he doesn't want to apologize for something that has no contemporary use or relevance. American slave-ownership (and the emancipation-era afterwards full of civil injustice and continued race-segregation and animosity) and the Anglo-Irish relations are affairs that are still pretty much noticeable in modern-day society. Northern Ireland is still a sectarian mess; America is still pretty much a polar land of middle-class white suburbia and black ghetto impoverishment.

sorry godzique, i forgot that a DECADE is 100 years....

and I know what his point is but thx anyway XXX

2009-06-18 19:58:30

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Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5883

Uzique wrote:
America is still pretty much a polar land of middle-class white suburbia and black ghetto impoverishment.

lol wut
There are some upper class black areas, a good few middle class black areas, a shit ton of mixed middle class areas, and a lot of lower class white areas. Beside that the U.S. isn't still "string up the nigger" we've gotten a lot better.

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