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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Nice gesture by the group, doesn't mean to much as already asserted.
At any rate I was thinking, aren't seeking reparation and the filing of civil cases against the government and private companies and parties, well for lack of a better word illegal? Seems to me this is the text book definition and application of ex post facto laws. Anyone got any idea on this?
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It's not illegal. No one is trying to arrest anyone, and the government isn't charging anyone with a crime.
Yakk, please don't misunderstand me. I'm not being rude, I'm being realistic.
Let's look at the bank robbery scenario again.
If you rob my bank you will be sent to jail to pay your debt to society.
If my great grandfather robbed your great grandfather's bank, but was never caught, and I had nothing to do with it, should I go to jail?
If you're going to tell me I have to make reparations to you for the money that I did not steal, then surely I have to make reparations to society for the debt my great grandfather incurred when he robbed that bank, therefore I should go to jail.
I'm sure you'll see this is ludicrous.