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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
The responsibility is not necessarily financial, it should be spiritual, intellectual. If Rob can honestly sit down and argue with me about the good intentions of the Founding Fathers and that America is build on good principles, despite 400 years of blood shed and injustice to the contrary, then we are not taking responsibility. We are the descendents of this mess, this mess is our herritage, we can't simply forget about it or ignore because it is unpleasant. We must deal with it, or it carries on as ever, festering, until it errupts again and again, and brothers and sisters, there is a lot of residual violence, racism, and poverty festering and errupting across America as a DIRECT result of the past mistakes..
This is why we must openly address these issues of our history, and make the necessary ammends in our hearts and minds, acknowledging the truth, without having to flinch and through out a bunch of excuses, cop-outs, and stuttering "buts" into the mix.
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Now i think you know how i feel about the "spiritual"
My family is all Irish, my grandfather was imprisoned by the english in the 40s and he nearly starved to death, so i think i can claim such an historical injustice has befallen myself. The race issues in the US are something i just dont have any direct experience of, and youre right of course that history matters. However you cant convince a person like me with that kind of arguement. The fact we have to help Africa, Haiti, and other places is a lesson that stands on its own, and though historical context helps explain why they are where they are, these needs can be justified on their own terms.