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14th February 2008, 04:58 PM #256
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Yes I could easily believe that. It's common knowledge that they thought the 'coloured' races were inferior back then. As for the missionaries, they might have held similar views too but thought they were doing the right thing by helping the heathen savages. Thankfully we've moved on from that kind of thinking now.
Look, I don't begrudge them this apology - there seemed to be a lot of happy faces there yesterday (except when Nelson was speaking) - but I'm sceptical about what real good it's going to bring. I'm also cynical about Rudd's motivations. He is a politician after all."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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14th February 2008, 05:04 PM #257
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Originally Posted by silentC
Hmmm. tend to agree.
Pollies looking for brownie points???? Who'd have thought.
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14th February 2008, 05:07 PM #258
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Exactly. No matter what else he does while he's in office, Rudd will always be "the PM who apologised to the Stolen Generation".
"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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14th February 2008, 05:15 PM #259
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silentC, you just hit the nail right on the head. Originally Posted by silentC
At the end of the day, just about every PM and/or President is famous for something they have either said or done and I think this is it for Rudd.
He started early, let's see if he can top it throughout his duration in his current seat in power.
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14th February 2008, 07:30 PM #260
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From a Pom.
Can anyone tell me of any political leader in the world today that hasnt got the need to apologise for his previous predeccors actions?
I cant think of one.
Its not the general public, its politicians who have got the guilty conscience.woody U.K.
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14th February 2008, 09:01 PM #261
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Originally Posted by Fuzzie
And to all the people of all the other nations they pillaged and sacked in the name of the British Empire.
Kev."Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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14th February 2008, 09:28 PM #262
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[quote=madrat;682877]Point taken Gra.
You know, thinking about it, we don't really have freedom of speech nowadays do we?
Australians will never have any rights until we have a bill of rights enacted and inserted into the constitution or at least an annex or addendum to it.
The "rights" we have are only assumed and at governments pleasure.
Maybe the new Government will take this issue on board.
Even Communist Russia has a bill of rights for its citizens."Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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14th February 2008, 10:17 PM #263
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"By 1990, no child shall be living in poverty"
...And we'll plant a few trees too.
Thank God for senility... now I don't feel so silly any more.
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15th February 2008, 01:58 AM #264
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Originally Posted by Wood Borer
Or say sorry to those they left behind.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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15th February 2008, 07:53 AM #265
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