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WillowTheWhisp · 17-01-2007, 20:05

I'm not altogether sure it is - the racial mix which constitutes this nation today for example bears little resemblance to the England of the 19th century whose upper classes were responsible for some of the things which our leaders feel the need for the nation to apologise for. You couldn't even hold the whole nation responsible back then because the lower classes were also suffering at the hands of those same upper classes.

17-01-2007, 20:05	#20
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Apologize for Slavery? I'm not altogether sure it is - the racial mix which constitutes this nation today for example bears little resemblance to the England of the 19th century whose upper classes were responsible for some of the things which our leaders feel the need for the nation to apologise for. You couldn't even hold the whole nation responsible back then because the lower classes were also suffering at the hands of those same upper classes. __________________