historical responsibility

Mon, 29 Apr 96 11:52:47 EDT
gehrig@banyan.doc.gov

Is there a statute of limitations for historical crimes?

For instance, do people of Anglo descent owe restitution to people of
Saxon descent for the centuries of slavery and exploitation suffered
by the former at the hands of the latter? How do you determine what
reparations are "Just"? For a non-Eurocentric example, Do people
of Ziaeran descent owe reparations to a) African-Americans of
Eithiopian descent, or b)Ethiopians? (Zaire was one of the foremost
empires which captured slaves from neighboring countries for trade
to the Europeans; Rum being the medium of exchange)