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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I'm not having a 'pop' at anyone.
And while I agree that recognising that such inhumane things happened, I feel that it is insincere to apologise for something that you had no part in, and therefore it devalues the apology.
My feeling is, that you can only apologise, and make reparation for the things that you were personally accountable for....apologising for anything else is just a sham.
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Sorry Margaret, but when he apologises, he is not apologising for any other reason than he is in charge now and acknowledging that the U.K. Governments & the Australian Governments were prepared to send or receive children into slavery.
He isn't apologising on his own behalf but on behalf of all the adults of all parties that where prepared to turn a blind eye to dealing with unfortunate children in this way.
1967 when they finally stopped this trade in cheap labour I was only 15, but there where supposedly Government's of various parties that allowed children of my age to be abused in this manner, he is apologising for everyone of our population that forced children out of this country at the same time as encouraging immigrants here with a tantalising, 'Land of Milk & Honey', wrong for the Children and wrong for those that suffered the prejudice of the 50's & 60's.