Indian PM demands Britain pay reparations

Fubar2Niner · 07-25-15, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

They've probably more paid back more in overseas aid anyway.

Indeed mate and made all the more distastefull, when you think we are handing out aid to a country that has its own space and nuclear programmes.

Torplexed · 07-25-15, 03:13 PM

Just buy them off with concessions for glitzy casinos, tax-free cheap cigarettes, fireworks and gas.

Oh wait. I'm thinking of our Indians.

Fubar2Niner · 07-25-15, 03:16 PM

Schroeder · 07-25-15, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Just buy them off with concessions for glitzy casinos, tax-free cheap cigarettes, fireworks and gas.

Oh wait. I'm thinking of our Indians.

They should pay them with Greek bonds.

CCIP · 07-25-15, 05:41 PM

I mean hey, I think the point that "India was governed for the benefit of Britain" is pretty inarguable. Where I think one problem is... whose benefit is it governed for now?

I'm not really sure how giving a bunch of money to what's often rightly seen as a corrupt bureaucracy is going to actually solve the injustice.

Oberon · 07-25-15, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

I'm not really sure how giving a bunch of money to what's often rightly seen as a corrupt bureaucracy is going to actually solve the injustice.

That's never stopped us paying our taxes before...

CCIP · 07-25-15, 05:49 PM

Well now, if we could all go to jail in India if they're not paid their colonial reparations, I'd also reconsider my stance

Oberon · 07-25-15, 06:05 PM

Well...there is that.

August · 07-25-15, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

They should pay them with Greek bonds.

Hey a casino is a pretty good deal for a tribe. They make tons of dough operating one.

Doesn't help the surrounding tribes much though. In fact tribes with a casino have used their money to block other tribes from getting a casino of their own.

Torplexed · 07-25-15, 09:06 PM

Well, historically giving large sums of money to extortionists in Nehru collars has been a bad idea. If I were Britain, I'd keep calm and carry a Walther PPK.

Jeff-Groves · 07-25-15, 09:24 PM

I'm demanding reparations for every time I got Apu on a support call when he clearly couldn't understand/talk English!

Torplexed · 07-25-15, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

I'm demanding reparations for every time I got Apu on a support call when he clearly couldn't understand/talk English!

Been there, done that.

07-25-15, 03:13 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Just buy them off with concessions for glitzy casinos, tax-free cheap cigarettes, fireworks and gas. Oh wait. I'm thinking of our Indians. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

07-25-15, 05:41 PM	#5
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I mean hey, I think the point that "India was governed for the benefit of Britain" is pretty inarguable. Where I think one problem is... whose benefit is it governed for now? I'm not really sure how giving a bunch of money to what's often rightly seen as a corrupt bureaucracy is going to actually solve the injustice. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Well now, if we could all go to jail in India if they're not paid their colonial reparations, I'd also reconsider my stance __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,179 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Well...there is that.

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Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Well, historically giving large sums of money to extortionists in Nehru collars has been a bad idea. If I were Britain, I'd keep calm and carry a Walther PPK.

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Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,652 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	I'm demanding reparations for every time I got Apu on a support call when he clearly couldn't understand/talk English!