Slave owners should be punished and forced to pay reparations
However their descendants should not have to pay for the evil doings of their fore-fathers. This kind of thinking would probably force me (english heritage) to pay Phil (scottish) for all that crap that happened when Phil's ancestors were running around blue-faced without proper underclothing.
-Steve G. (Also of Swedish, Danish, French, and a tiny bit Iriqouis descent. So who else do I owe money?)