>>if i were an absolutist, i would hold that all ye of european ancestry
>>ought to return to europe, and ought to make reparations to the living
>>remnants of native tribes who were conquered

>
> How far back should we take this. Should the Romans repay the
> Carthaginians? Should the Greek repay the Persians? And in like
> manner the Persians repay the Greeks (those who lived in Asian
> Minor)? Should the Arabs repay the phonecians (sp?) (those defeated
> in North Africa and Spain)? Do you have any concept of history? What
> makes one a "native" tribe? It can be fairly certainly stated that
> all of mankind (with the possible exception of one geographical
> location) has migrated from someplace else. Those migrations might
> have been done with force (or the result of force), but trying to re-
> write history to remove that fact is foolish. More to the point with
> what authority do you propose such an idea? By which I mean under
> what standard of rightness would such an idea prove to be "good".
>
> Instead of trying to "correct" history maybe we should be focused on
> fixing the future. Punishing one group of people for the supposed
> sins of their forefathers only perpetuates hatred and bigotry to
> future generations.