From: Lisa Gordy
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Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:36:29 -0600
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Subject: International Coalition for British Reparations (ICBR)
Is this a joke? It is the single stupidest thing I have seen all week. And this has already been one messed up week.
Is this for Real?
Yes. Any student of world history will tell you that if he had to pick a single nation to pin all the world's troubles on, Britain is far and away the obvious choice. There is plenty of precedent of countries paying off their victims in cash. The Nazis had to pay off the Jews. The U.S. government has settled with many Indian tribes, offering them land, lucrative casino rights, and in some cases, cash. We, the International Coalition for British Reparations, are asking that the greatest criminal nation on earth˜the British˜pay up as well.
I don't agree with those reparations, except for the Jews. But, at least, that is somewhat current. About the rest? Boohoo. Grow up the heck up, get a real job, and quit looking for handouts.
I don't know about you, but the whole potato famine thing has ultimately worked out well for my family. If the Brits hadn't been such miscreants for the past 500 years, we all might still be British. That makes us pretty freaking lucky, in my view.
I am proud to be an American. I am happy to leave the British government alone and hope to hell they afford me the same courtesy.
Y'all have a nice day.
Lisa Gordy
Dallas, Texas