> a crime that the entire nation committed, Quite impossible as literally no one involved is still alive. Quite impossible because many contemporaries had noth

> a crime that the entire nation committed, Quite impossible as literally no one involved is still alive. Quite impossible because many contemporaries had nothing to do with it. Quite impossible because many contemporaries fought against it. If your father committed a crime are you liable? If your father broke the speed limit before it was introduced, should you be fined for it given it was later introduced? Parts of my family moved from Ireland to the USA in the 1790s to found abolitionist churches - am i exempt?