in 793 the Vikings raided Lindisfarne

[Meathead]

should they be?

If they whine about reparation, absolutely. If you go far back enough, then reparations become so ******* confusing that no one has any idea who owes what to whom.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

 

[BothWings]

because the descandents of the invaders still rule

Thats really not necessarily so at all, Zebra. For instance, Peru's current president Dina Boluarte is descended from the Quechua people of the Andes, which are a fully indigenous Peruvian tribe, the most indigenous after the primitive people of the Amazon who still are isolated today. Peru has had many other examples of indigenous leadership in the past, moreso than most other South American nations. Bolivia is another prime example and Ecuador has had a substantial number as well. Colombia also made significant progress in the early 20th century with strong indigenous representation in government.

Way back in 1858, even Mexico elected a fully indigenous president, Benito Juarez. There are examples all over the Latin world, sometimes going back quite a bit. No one has really launched any passionate and successful purge of the religion or culture of the original conquerors. It is still mostly glorified. The Catholic Church is probably at the center of the reason for that.

 

[Zebra]

If they whine about reparation, absolutely. If you go far back enough, then reparations become so ******* confusing that no one has any idea who owes what to whom.

the French owe Germany a lot

and the Vikings who burned Cologne

 

[Unkotare]

it was a brutal and cowardly attack against an undefended Island
...

Were they playing the Browns?

 

[Meathead]

the French owe Germany a lot

and the Vikings who burned Cologne

French, English, Germans owe the Celts, Turks owe the Greeks and Armenians, Japanese the Ainu and we can go on forever but who has the time?

 

[Zebra]

Germany never asked for reparations.

But had to pay the French a terrible amount, which led to te rise of Hitler

 

[Zebra]

Didn’t the Vikings commit raids like this one throughout their history?

they did.

and they were evil slave hunters and slave traders

 

[the watcher]

Maybe the Vikings were just fighting some evil anti-Viking empire with force to spread Vikingism throughout the world. Works for us.