Belongings

            Do people have any right to take things that do not belong to them?  A person may think that taking these belonging back would right the wrong done, right? I see it differently.  The people in South Africa who have had their homes demolished because they were built on stolen land had some form of ownership of these homes and were in no way at fault for buying these homes.  Taking these homes back would not make the problem go away or rectify what has already been done.  It simply returns the stolen goods to the rightful owner without giving help to the families displaced.  Once the homes are returned or destroyed, the families had no place to turn and were left homeless.  The homeless families were left abandoned in the street as if it was their fault for buying the homes.  They were, from my understanding, previously unaware of the circumstances in which their homes were built and were therefore not at fault for the occurrence.  In conclusion, it does not make the problem disappear or rectify the wrong done by returning the stolen goods.