If the UK has to pay reparations, will other countries?

[Controversialname]

If the UK is made to pay reparations where will that leave other nations who were or indeed still are involved in slavery?

If you keep going with that line of thought, can anyone living in UK whose predecessors came from Barbados (and Ghana before that) objectively say it either?

Yes, they were. As I said, some of my family were Irish, some were Scottish. Both lost land. Even my English ancestors lost land when the common land was enclosed by the aristocracy, and don't ask what happened to my lot after the civil war.
People are greedy, it's partly human nature, most aren't satisfied with what they have.
The whole of human history has been a group of people, a tribe, a clan a whole nation deciding to move to have more land. The Romans, the Vikings, the Angles, Saxons, the Asian tribes who crossed the land bridge to the Americas, they all wanted more. As did many others. It's not just the English who have done it. Why did the 1st humans leave Africa? Because they wanted more. It's what people do. And most people if offered would take something for nothing.

Why care? He can be sorry that it happened and say so, but what what's the value of an apology for something he and his government weren't responsible for, which happened 200 years ago?

I'd argue not - they can't possibly know!

And it's tow rag, it's a nautical term.

I wonder if the Spanish government will be making any reparations to Latin America anytime soon?

Have the relevant countries in Latin America asked?

Also why is that relevant to this?

@Danajune11

Also why is that relevant to this

The thread title is literally why it's relevant.

Because people like to focus myopically on the British Empire and ignore all the others. And worst of all, people don't really seem to care about the currently enslaved as much as those that died hundreds of years ago.

I'd rather help free people currently living in slavery rather than give reparations to people that were never enslaved, and to countries where the money may well be embezzled by the same types of individuals that enslaved people in the first place.

That's what I'm saying. I mean it about the title aswell. It's just immediate deflection

Why if the UK is asked to make reparations, immediately say "Well will Spain have to pay reparations aswell?"

Spain have not been asked to pay reparations.

The UK are going to be asked.

Britain fought wars to end the slave trade so why would Britain be the one to pay reparations?

There are more modern slaves now than in any point in history, maybe that's a good place to start.

If you were asked to pay a new housing tax that your next door neighbour wasn't would you just pay it 'because they haven't asked anybody else yet'?

When my children were toddlers they kept asking me for money to buy a pet crocodile.

I just said no.

My eldest daughter asked if we could go to Russia for half term. I also said no.

It's not a comparable scenario though is it.

You're talking about housing tax within one country.

Reparations is completely different. It has to be asked for and then approved by the relevant government.

Mine wanted a pygmy hippo. 🙄

That doesn't make sense

Britain fought wars to end slavery.

Yes but they also benefitted from slavery for a very long time.

That would like me being in armed robbery gang for twenty years, and then insisting to the other members that we stop.

I'm still responsible for the crime of armed robbery.

But did they get it?

No.

I hope!

Aw, why not.. what a cute pet.. what could go wrong..

I'm still responsible for the crime of armed robbery.

You wouldn't expect your great great great great grandson to be jailed for it though.

Sadly no. We agreed that we had insufficient room to build a pool for a hippo, even a small one. We got guinea pigs instead.

Are your great grandchildren responsible as well?

Or someone else's completely unrelated and non beneficiary great great great great grandson

Yeah but the poster was talking about the past.

She said that the UK stopped slavery, so why should they pay reparations for slavery

I pointed out to her that the UK had still benefitted from slavery for a long time, even if they were the one to stop it in the very end

Or someone else's completely unrelated and non beneficiary great great great great grandson

Yes, who was also a victim of armed robbery by the same gang in fact, but in a different town.