What does the UK, France and the Netherlands have in common?

[Husar]

How much has Germany paid in reparations for the genocide in Namibia? Or is foreign aid and returning of skulls enough?

Not enough, apparently they're making baby steps and coming up with excuses. At least they agreed to make a memorial, call it a genocide and apologized to the people. What have the British done so far other than laugh at their former victims and tell them they got a few roads as net benefit?

The Slave Trade was a BAD THING, the establishment of the Atlantic Squadron to suppress the slave Trade and the banning of the Trade throughout the Colonies was a GOOD THING. May people forget that slavery was a private business, while it was never legal in England, it was allowed in the Colonies. The British Government took the view 200 years ago that said trade was immoral, they not only banned it but put diplomatic pressure and military might towards ending the Slave Trade full stop.

Britain is responsible for the abolition of the Slave Trade - this is also a GOOD THING.

Agreed, using today's morals, I never argued that. Only question is whether you deserve a cookie for stopping a crime.

It took a further 24 years for the British Government to forcibly abolish it in the Colonies, who were self-governing in this matter - the act of 1833 forced the Colonies to emancipate the slaves. If you're looking for a reason for the time lapse between the abolition of the Trade and of Slavery itself, I direct you to the stink the American Colonists threw up when forced to accept direct British intervention in their internal economics.

Yes, because the noble thing to do was forced upon the masses by a few people. And not all the masses really liked it I guess, reminds me of the EU.

The point is - if the British Government pays today, it does so by taxing the British people. The British people are NOT culpable for the Slave Trade - it is immoral to ask them to pay, even more immoral than the War Reparations forced on Germany, because at least the Germans who accepted that settlement actually fought in that war.

So it's okay to take my taxes for reparations but not yours because your ancestors were too proud to accept reparations? I guess next time we lose a war we'll just refuse to pay anything.