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The politics of apology and the laws of compensation : Comments
By Nilay Patel, published 14/2/2008Many international conventions binding on Australia recognise a right to an effective remedy for the stolen generations: but what are the legal issues?
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Again; “I have absolutely no issue with a person like “zilmia” who claims to be wrongly removed from her mother to get appropriate compensation if this is what a court were to decide.” As such I refer to “a person like” and as such not specifically concentrate on your person but applies it generally to a person like your self.
How on earth did you consider this saying “sorry” did anything at all if you seem to be so bitter that you construe a different meaning to what I stated?
You are entitled to have your views and so am I and twisting the meaning of what I stated as to purport it to be offensive isn’t going to resolve anything and neither does it for one iota advance any debate about the issues.
When I came into Australia in 1971, I never even knew Aboriginals resided in Australia and then I quickly learned by a drunk-Aboriginal (in Melbourne) getting into my car telling me that Aboriginals owed Australia and I had to drive him for free. Well, he didn’t get anywhere with me.
Perhaps Aboriginals should stop trying to blame everyone else for their problems and take some accountability for the mess they themselves also created. No “sorry” is going to resolve the self-destructive conduct by certain Aboriginals.
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I feel sorry for anyone who suffers an injustice, not just Aboriginals suffer this!
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There was once this Governor-of-Aboriginal-descent in South-Australia and he proved that equal opportunity exist if you just give the effort!