The 15 Caribbean Nations Voted To Sue For Reparations

The Business Insider has the story:

  The leaders of 15 Caribbean nations voted unanimously on Monday to sue England and European nations like France and the Netherlands over the scourge of slavery.

The long-overdue lawsuit will seek a formal apology, debt cancellation and other reparations in a 10-part plan. The Caribbean nations, represented by British human rights law firm Leigh Day, will also seek a “repatriation” plan for Rastafarians who want to move to Africa. Associated Press notes, “Repatriation to Africa has long been a central belief of Rastafari, a melding of Old Testament teachings and Pan-Africanism whose followers have long pushed for reparations.” 

I hope the Rastas show up and blow ganja over the proceedings. But did you notice? The Business Insider called the suit "long overdue". And they also noticed this:

"Interestingly the United States was not named in the lawsuit—probably because the bulk of the American slave trade was from Africa, not the Caribbean. But it still somehow seems unsettling to have the first international lawsuit over slavery not include the U.S., which grew into the world’s dominant superpower on the backs of slaves.”

Apparently, The Business Insider knows what's up,…

 

What Hell Looks Like (It Sounds Like Excuses For Evil)

The Petes make for a rather uncomfortable sight, evoking a long-gone era when the Dutch were more into murder, theft and the slave trade than playing football or building bike lanes,...

To most outsiders, our traditional children’s celebration comes across as, well, racist. And if you were to trace back the origin of the characters, I don’t doubt they arose from a racist worldview.

Everything's Changing As We Speak (And I'm Speaking)

Sometimes - sometimes - I think I have the best sense of political timing in the world:

  14 Caribbean nations sue Britain, Holland and France for slavery reparations that could cost hundreds of billions of pounds

• Countries demanding compensation for 'awful' legacy of Atlantic trade

• Have hired lawyers who won pay-out for Kenyans tortured in the 1950s

• Britain compensated slave owners £20m in 1834 - equal to £200bn today

• Idea of reparations in the U.S. has often surfaced, but none has been paid

Lordy, Lordy, Lordy - considering the way these fools are treating me, right now, for adding TMR to their racism:

I'm now thinking that last line should, maybe, end with "yet,"....

 

Yea, It's About Time For A Long Distance Healing

"In Amsterdam the court case opens today arising from the death of actress and TV presenter Sylvia Millecam from cancer. The self-styled medium and faith healer known as Jomanda and two alternative doctors are on trial because they told Ms Millecam she did not need treatment. Jomanda, charged with causing grievous bodily harm, convinced Ms Millecam she was suffering from a bacterial infection. The actress died of untreated breast cancer in 2001.

The medium, who is currently in Canada, will not be attending today's hearing in person. According to her lawyer she has a foreboding about the timing of the trial, and believes it would not be safe for her to travel to Amsterdam."

-- Dutch News, which doesn't seem all that much different from anybody else's, except you get your NewAge crook reports with a funny accent from some poof on Radio Netherlands.

Welcome To The Common Sense Club

"The mistake we can never repeat is stifling criticism of cultures and religions for reasons of tolerance."

-- The Labor Party, the Netherland's largest left-wing political group, finally abandoning being Punk'd (after events like the assassination of the filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, above) in a new position paper that declares TMR as the way to go, shocking the International Herald Tribune.