Using the law to rob the innocent
Written by: Beck
I noticed this story a long time ago (I think Jonah Goldberg linked it at The Corner at some point), and have had it in the hopper to blog ever since. I find myself now in the midst of a slow news day, so here ya go.
Slave descendents are planning to sue Lloyd's of London for insuring boats used in the slave trade. This is the part where you hear a strange noise that sounds like, "Ow!" and you realize your brain just cramped up. I'll keep this brief, since most of you shouldn't need the flaws with this whole concept spelled out in too much detail. 1) The aggrieved party, slaves in this case, are all dead. 2) Lloyds was insuring ships, not buying up Negroes to sell in Virgin'y. 3) I doubt there are all that many people of pure slave descent, and it's very hard in general to sort out who was and who wasn't born of slave stock. 4) This all happened 150+ years ago. 5) There is no number five! Haven't you people learned anything!?! So what can we conclude from these relatively obvious points boys and girls? If you answered, "These people are really just trying to use the law to defraud a successful company," then you were right! Cookies and back-pats all around.