Yes this seems very obvious. You can't inherit moral guilt. But *obviously* you *can* inherit a financial liability for illegal expropriation. (There are plenty of practical/political arguments against reparations but not that one).

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Yeah like this is it, this entire worldview basically amounts to refusing to believe that wars exist if you close your eyes, and to be quite frank I am done taking those people seriously. The world is far too terrible right now to treat pacifists as adults worthy of participating in debate.

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spoke to Blunt years ago when i was writing about the Pristina airport incident. Was genuinely struck by the level of moral clarity he had. Dude was very clearly prepared to face a court martial, rather than follow what he felt was an illegal and immoral attack order from an (American) general.

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Why not, if the guy owns 1/4 of Welsh land? This would be an inheritance tax not an individual tax, so I don't think it would be practically or morally difficult. The question is, would it be worth it? In terms of both £ gained, aristocrats enraged and future asset values shaken.

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I see it like a tracing claim. The damages that one’s forefathers should have paid remain payable if they are still identifiable. So major landowners with properties and funds derived from profits of slavery (eg the Church of England), but not Dumfries council estate dwellers.

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