Where's the UNsorry campaign? Would you support it?

I'm not saying that what happened was right, but I do believe that it was well intentioned. It's just that I DIDN'T DO IT so I'M personally NOT SORRY. And I resent the fact that Rudd said sorry for me.

Perhaps I could sell some T-shirts with the slogan...
NOT SORRY KEVIN

I would totally support it. It is funny how white australians were also taken from their families, but you don't hear about them demanding an apology. Nor do you hear much about the mothers who gave up their children willingly.
Already the compensation claims are coming in. And yes, I DIDN'T DO IT and I am NOT SORRY, so why should I have to pay for it with my hard earned dollars.

I wouldn't support the UNsorry campaign.
But you have made some good points.
I think that it's good they said sorry because now everyone will stop arguing about whether we should say sorry or not.

I think everyone realises that the current generations didn't do it! So the "sorry" thing is supposed to be less about actually being personally sorry, and more about respect or saying "I'm sorry our ancestors were such d!ckheads, but now we want to settle things once and for all. This is to mark a new beginning".

You don't have to say sorry, that's fine, but making an anti/unsorry campaign is going too far. Why not just say nothing? You won't look like an ar$e then. You know, "if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all".?

I would absolutely support and Un sorry campaign. I didn't steal anyone's children. And the government wonders why we are racist - they should come and spend a few days in my town and be harrassed by aboriginals and put up with them getting drunk and yelling all night keeping us awake.

The Prime Minister apologised for the previous governments and parlaments that allowed or initiated actions that were wrong. Unless you were part of the parliamnt or the government, you don't have to feel you were apogised for. Well-intentioned racial policies that come from the idea that aborigines are less than human are morally wrong, nomatter how misguided their authors or those who carried them out. We;ve had over 100 years of unsorry days- this is a new era.

I agree lets have a t shirt, I did not do it neither did my grand parents or great grant parents. The only thing I see with Aussie now is us white, anglo saxon, christians are the ones who are discriminated against.Millions of dollars have been given to the Aboriginals over the years and the only thing I can see is the Fat Cat's got rich as usual. Is sorry going to make them over night get a job, go to school, stay sober, stop raping their children and the list goes on.DONT THINK SO

Definitely! I believe the 'for' vote was grossly over stated. Local polls indicated closer to 70% against. Once again, the media conned the population.

No I would not support your ignorant archaic attitude. Your attitude belongs in the ark.

Make sure you put John Howard's face on it.
I didn't have anything to do with the way the Vietnam Vets were treated when they returned either and we said sorry to them because it was the right thing to do.
Ironically those soldiers got acknowledged long before the Aboriginal servicemen from both world wars.

No I wouldn't support it - Just get over it !
Does your life evolve around this now....? what about a sorry campaign for all the Australians losing their homes as interest rates rise..... you are not sorry on that. What about being sorry on all the other politicians mistakes over the years 鈥?

You didn鈥檛 want to start an UN-SORRY campaign when John Howard made his speech and said sorry ... 鈥?didn't notice did you... read his speech here 鈥?鈥淛ohn Howard apologises unreservedly to the Aboriginal people鈥?http://blogs.news.com.au/news/splat/inde...

Rudd or Howard didn't say sorry from YOU, it was from previous governments.

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders was taken from their parents (basically kidnapped) from the mid 1800's and continued to 1970 鈥?and you obviously don鈥檛 give a damn and think it was right.

*** YOU are UN-Australian !! ***

Where's the UNsorry campaign?
It's back in our past where it should be.

Would you support it?
No, I would not.
I won't support any financial compensation being paid either.

The large majority of Australians supported the election of the Rudd government, knowing full well that they intended to say sorry at the first opportunity.

NO I would not support it.

You said - "I'm not saying that what happened was right"
then why start making it into another issue?

So... should we also be UN sorry for the young (and WHITE) British kids who were SHIPPED to Australia during the war to work as slaves building the farms for the WHITE Australian farmers? They deserve a "Sorry" as well don't you think? I didn't bring them here. The past government did.

Get over it. Whether YOU agree with it or not - we elected the government to do its job and it is done. Even if we DON'T think we should say sorry - because - your are right, we DIDN"T do it, we should acknowledge that what happened was not right and we should now (saying sorry or not) work towards reconciliation and leave this need for semantic "sorry " or "NOT sorry ".

Not agreeing with it - is OK!! But to stir up animosity is not showing love, tolerance and not conducive to all of us forgiving and getting along with each other.

We are one - but we are many. I AM an Australian!


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