how many fences must i sit on before someone puts up the barbed wire...
"sorry". for so long it had been avoided as its such a loaded word. I personally am in favour of our leaders using it as a form of empathy but not appology as none of those who were responisble are around. If it unites the nation then its a great thing to do! anything that unites the nation is!
I am sure the relevant pollies have looked over the legal ramification a thousand times and feel safe in thier upcoming statement.
What happend to the indiginous aussies was an attrocity and need to me... not so much rectified but acknowledged. its far to late to do anything about those who are to be held accountable for what happened.
and so ends my "for" side of the arguement... (so thats a yes for "sorry")
as for the other side...i can see what M110 is saying too. I have been mugged on a sydney train for a bunch of aboriginals and lost my wallet over it, I have had an attempted mugging in hyde park by a couple of asian guys, and i have been threatened by lebanese guys so many times its not funny... not once have i been attacked of threatened by any... hmm white aussies (for want of a better term). and just to let you know I
do not hold entire races responsible to these events. I dont hold all aboriginals responsible for me being mugged on the train nor do i hold all asian races responsible for what happened in hyde park... I dont even hold all lebanese people responsible for on continually on going verbal threats is recieve for them. why? all of us are individuals, we are not the same as everyone in our particular race. if violence is your way then its your choice. can anyone here claim to have been attacked by a whole race of people?
I am probably the most racially tollerant person
I know and have friends from many different cultures.
so an sympathetic or empathetic sorry sounds sound to me and i am all for it
