Peter GleickThe United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity".
Three countries voted against it.
The US, Argentina, and Israel.
Ivan DjansazovIn US defense ... Maybe they think Hiroshima and Nagasaki were gravest.
divVerent@idjansazov @petergleick In a similar vein, Germany cannot have voted yes to that as they consider the Holocaust the gravest.
Although I agree with you, Germany paid reparations and now only have just beer and wursts, but US still have Guantanamo.
@idjansazov @petergleick And as far as I know beer and wurst is no crime against humanity.
I also have a general issue with the concept of reparations that late - it is wrong to punish people who have nothing to do with it anymore.
For the US it may be different though - I'd at least want everyone who flew a confederate flag in the last decade to pay reparations. They do deserve it.
I also have a general issue with the concept of reparations that late - it is wrong to punish people who have nothing to do with it anymore.
For the US it may be different though - I'd at least want everyone who flew a confederate flag in the last decade to pay reparations. They do deserve it.
That's what i meant. Contemporary Germany has nothing to do with these crimes and condemns them. They pay their dues.
I feel you about the reparations, but in this world the only tangible justice for crime you can get is money.
The sad thing is that Germany's history is world history and Germany has learned, changed and evolved (although not sure what are they doing with AfD ), USA not.
@petergleick @idjansazov I definitely do not like that they do not seem to be able to ban the AfD. Even if the problem is that not all AfD members are provably neonazis - can't they at least remove the "passive election right" from the known neonazis?