slaves and liberators

350,000 slaves imported from Africa.

The war that finalized their freedom cost the lives of a million dead solders

of the 12 million taken from Africa as slaves the US received only 19% and gave life for life 3 to one to correct the problem so that their descendants would live in the #1 economy in the world

so who owes what?

Slavery is a crime no matter what the law says, but it was first a black on black crime as African tribes raided each other took bounty and slaves. First a crime against fellow tribes of kidnapping and slavery, then a crime of selling to the Spanish traders who then sold the illegal property to the world and a fraction to the US.

So what if any debt do modern Americans owe to the descendants of ether group, the slaves or their liberators. When Mahatma Gandhi organized post colonial India the policy was made that past waves of conquest and subjection and poisonous policy were past, that there was no fair way to sort the debt, so the nation would let it go and not be repeated. There were many objections but overall it was fair and a great start for the future.

In an era of black millionaire sports figures complain of white privilege I am astounded that I and my minimal tax contribution should be held liable for some astronomical compensation plan.

Funny how we can be all about fairness , equality and forgiveness with each responsible for himself till the chance comes up to make a dime more or rub someones face in the mud

When I brought home the M1 Garand, I thought my father would be happy, after all it was the rifle he shot on the joint US shooting team. Having the right rifle would mean he could get me all the neat parts and unlimited "free" ammo. Boy was I ever wrong. Father sat me down got out his "sporterized 303" and explained why he had it.

First there were absolutely no US military parts or ammo available for it, and no way he could use what the military had to add to his personal supply, any hunting or personal shooting he did was absolutely free from the possibility of taint, any appearance of theft from the US government. He used an old and at least in the US obscure British round from the last century as his personal hunting round so as to be free from any appearance of evil. He was not only honest in his dealings with the government, his employer, he worked extra to be beyond suspicion.

It is with pride and reflected honor that Darius carries the old 303 into the field to hunt with his Grandfathers rifle, as with so many of the good things we do, we have been preceeded by an excellent example.

The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957