Personally I seriously doubt (and hope) this will never pass. Here's an interesting thought. If it's acceptably to sue businesses because of past involvement and profit off of the slave trade, would that set a precedence of perhaps being able to sue families that have profited off of the slave trade? Not that it's something I'm particularly proud of, but back in the pre-civil war era, my lineage were Virginian farmers. Back then you couldn't own or operate a farm with out the uses of slaves. That's just how the economy worked back then and what was considered "acceptable" (as disturbing as that is). Does that mean my family's funds and my own should be held for "reparations" of past sociological behavior?
Erik Yowell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Spherion -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:28 AM To: CF-Community Subject: New Topic - Lawsuits Seek Reparations for Slavery watch URL wrap: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020327/ap_on_re_us/slave _reparations_5&cid=533 Talk amongst you selves. ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
