Indian PM demands Britain pay reparations

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.

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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)

07-25-15, 05:49 PM	#3
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)

07-25-15, 06:05 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Well...there is that.