(March 23, 2012 at 7:37 pm)Insanity x Wrote:Well, they had to pay for it, friend.(March 23, 2012 at 7:30 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Of course, this sounds like a controversial topic, but yes, of course.
If not, why did the Germans pay reparations for things that they themselves did not commit?
These were paid from their own pockets, not from somewhere else.
A nation is accountable for the good and bad deeds of his ancestors. Of course, in the case of Germany, they were forced to pay for the sins of their ancestors, and are still forced to do so, by keeping the EU alive.
I don't have time to respond to you fully unfortunately but.
I don't believe the actions of somebodies ancestors have nothing to do with the next generation. Its like a father committing a crime and then punishing not only him but all his children its absurd. Or a father being a war hero and giving his children medals for his actions. Its completely nonsensical. They did nothing.
Don't tell me this, tell the courts who have forced post WWII Germany to pay reparations.
The post WWI Republic of Turkey, the country I live in, was forced to pay war reparations that the Ottoman empire was sentenced to, minus the land reparations, for which we have fought and won, while, for example, no other former Ottoman territory was forced to pay a penny out of their pockets.
It simply is the rule of the world.
If the younger generations are able to reap the benefits of good things that elder generations left for them, will they not pay for the bad things that their ancestors have done?
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