(03-15-2021, 03:43 PM)ABNARTY Wrote: If we do this, then when will the Norwegian government compensate those affected in the Lindinsfarne tragedy? What about the innocent Romanians under Vlad Tepes?
It's my understanding that Vlad Tsepes is a national hero in Romania to this very day because he stopped the depredations of the Muslims and their incursions into Romania (Wallachia, actually). It seems to have been mostly Ottoman Turks and their allies who got hoisted on petards. So it's Ottomans who are due reparations from Romania - damn those folks and their stubborn will not to be ruled by foreign Turkish Overlords!
Lindisfarne becomes something of a sticky wicket. There weren't really any nations of "Norway", Sweden", or "Denmark" when Lindisfarne was raided by Norwegians, Swedes, and Danes. As a matter of fact, there wasn't really even a separation of "Vikings" from "not-vikings" - "viking" was just an activity, just something to do in the frozen north when there wasn't much else to do.
I also think the Normandy section of France owes the UK bigly for that pesky 1066 invasion... the UK owes Ireland for the Irish Wars, and Ireland owes Scotland for the Irish invasion there, as well as owing Wales and Cornwall for all the Irish raids into those areas... Denmark, The Netherlands, and northern Germany may also owe the UK for damages wrought in the Anglo Saxon invasions of Britain. Italy also owes Britain for the Roman invasion and occupation... The UK might really come out ahead in all this reparation mayhem.
How far back to take this? Neanderthals may be owed reparations from "Africans", since science is currently claiming that Neanderthals were exterminated by alleged African immigrants who invaded their European Homeland. I'm a descendant of Neanderthals, as are many others - where's our damned money?
If we are gonna do this, let's do it right and settle ALL the accounts!
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