[south aussie]

Originally Posted by steeljack

Anyone else getting as sick and tired as me about our 'elected leaders' apologizing for "our" collective guilt exploiting the poor and unwashed in other parts of the world ..... Sorry , but as far as I know none of my ancestors never owned a slave or was called Bwana or Memsahib, they were too busy working in the coal mines and textile mills, any cousins/uncles 4 or 5 generations past who served under the Kings/Queens colours in those times in foriegn parts did so legallaly under the laws of that time. So Mr Cameron don't feel the need to aplogize on my or my familys behalf .
Seems to me .. too many modern day "leaders" (small L) seem to feel we should share some form of the same collective guilt that we subjected the surviving Germans to immediatly after WW2 .
Mr. Cameron and (members of the House of Commons) if you want to kow -tow and apologize for anything the British have done in recent years , apologize for the actions of your predecessor but one, Tony Blair and his illegal war on the people of Iraq , though I think thats unlikely since you all probably sup from the same trough and sleep in the same sty.

Kind of strange don't you think that Gahdaffi is public enemy #1 worthy of RAF bombing raids ,yet Mugabe is still allowed to continue his reign of terror ,anyone remember "kith and kin" where are the British apologies for putting this guy in power, if France can sort out the Ivory Coast why can't you sort out Rhodesia/Zimbabwee

Rant over

Nice Rant!
I look forward to the next episode.