Those *dangerous* Korean War relics

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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You apparently fail to grasp the distinction between punishment (which no
one in this debate advocates) and civil reparation (returning something to
its rightful owner).


In the case of reparations for slavery, assuming the "rightful owners" were
not all dead, what is it that would be returned to them?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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You apparently fail to grasp the distinction between punishment (which no
one in this debate advocates) and civil reparation (returning something to
its rightful owner).


In the case of reparations for slavery, assuming the "rightful owners" were
not all dead, what is it that would be returned to them?

Money.

In a civil action if the wronged party has lost a limb, a family
member,
or property that is now unrecoverable, they receive monetary
compensation instead.

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FF

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Money.


What money did the slaves have?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
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Money.


What money did the slaves have?

Frederick Douglass and other slaves who worked for wages
had the money they earned, which was turned over to their
owners.

Those who worked for their owners and were not paid wages
would be compensated for the market value of their labor.

Perhaps you are hung up on pedantry turning on the use
of 'returned'. What was taken from them was labor, what
ostensibly would be returned would be money equivalent to
the market value of that labor.

An alternative proposal (from the TV show _The West Wing_)
is to 'return' the value of their labor via income tax credits, also
impractical, IMHO.

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FF

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wrote:

An alternative proposal (from the TV show _The West Wing_)
is to 'return' the value of their labor via income tax credits, also
impractical, IMHO.

note that in that episode, the Josh (a staunch liberal) told the nominee
to bring him someone who was an actual slave and Josh'd be happy to
give him reparations.

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Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Bob Noel wrote:
In article . com,
wrote:

An alternative proposal (from the TV show _The West Wing_)
is to 'return' the value of their labor via income tax credits, also
impractical, IMHO.

note that in that episode, the Josh (a staunch liberal) told the nominee
to bring him someone who was an actual slave and Josh'd be happy to
give him reparations.


Yep.

I particulalyl like the exchange:

Josh: Well you know, when they let my father out of Dachau
the guard forgot to give him his wallet back.

Guest: Your beef is with the Germans, my beef is with you.

LOL!

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FF

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Josh: Well you know, when they let my father out of Dachau the guard
forgot to give him his wallet back.

Guest: Your beef is with the Germans, my beef is with you.


Let's not forget the indentured servants!!

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/D/1601-165...ger/servan.htm

http://eh.net/Clio/Publications/indentured.shtml

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/slavery.html


Montblack

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Frederick Douglass and other slaves who worked for wages
had the money they earned, which was turned over to their
owners.


Because they were slaves, the money was not their own.