Sorry - An Apology to the Stolen Generations (Part 2 of 3)

An apology to the Stolen Generations by the Australian Federal Government, February 13, 2008, Canberra, Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaking.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XtUJTbQaN0
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ2KQYD_OG8

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• sorry
• stolen
• generations
• apology
• aboriginies
• aboriginal
• indigenous
• australia
• federal
• government
• canberra
• kevin
• rudd

[mebetomcat]

P.M. Rudd spoke eloquently as a decent, genuine Australian today. Let us honor him and the people of Australia for their courage and decency to say sorry to the aborigines. I felt nothing but respect and admiration for P.M. Rudd and the people of Australia who elected him. I thank you for making this world a little brighter today.

[mebetomcat]

I forgot. I too thank you, whoever you are, for posting this important speech.

[mlcoolk1]

(1.) "In order to accept the truth you must first be convicted by it."

(2.) "One must first know, acknowledge, and accept the truth in order to be convicted by."

(3.) "The hardest part about forgiving someone is forgiving someone who refuses to admit that s/he did anything wrong."

1). Pastor Rick Warren, Author of "The Purpose Driven Life"

2). mlcoolk1

3). From the book "Bone to Pick, Of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation, and Revenge" Author: Ellis Cose

[Soundgarden8497]

rudd only did this because he wanted some boong dick. anything would be better than his fatarse cumdumpster wife therese (who turned him gay)

[surbon514]

This is incredibly moving. It's never too late to make it right, what a beatiful and inspiring message. I just hope more countries including mine (Canada) can apologize to our Aboriginal communities too.

[wgcody]

I am black in US Saw pain 1st hand BECAUSE OF INJUSTICE father hurt family & me I found Jesus thru pain suffered apology is right but if never given what is important is everyone realize we must die will live 4ever n heaven r hell no one able 2 stand b4 Holy God because all have something wrong within SIN Only Jesus Christ & those who have accepted him will stand n God presence 4ever others will go 2 hell out of God presence 4ever Just ask Jesus n heart ALL else u will understand later

[MaikeImmega]

i'm from germany, so i never heard abaut this before (today it was our theme in the english lesson), but i think this is really exemplary. someone jest had to do that. but this is, i hope, just the beginning, because there are still too much problems. but i have to say: good job Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ! Keep at it!

[thatsall1988]

The whole Commenweath has however, thus a lot of mud in being. Even the queen would have had to apologise how much death it gave in English wars in the history. It is for me still about the question, why the Britten and other Europeans took the right to occur in other countries, and to rob them

[violetparme]

what a great moment for history, and not only Australia's. Let's hope heads of states all over the world will follow his example.

[igotzapt1]

it is also fact that they took them off their families to breed the black out of them. so that there would be NO black people in Australia. to wipe out their culture and everything that constituted their being.

[igotzapt1]

412krishna. this is completly beside the point i am white and i have a black grandmother from the stolen generation and she still cries for the loss of her family and the brutality in which they were treated. this is about saying sorry to people who weren't just taken away from their families but were spat on and abused and sexualy assulted because they were seen as nothing more than animals that deserved what they got. THAT is what they are saying sorry for.

[saesae102]

Lord Why did you make me Black? Why did you make me someone The world wants to hold back? . ? Black is the colour of a bruised eye When somebody gets hurt. Black is the colour of darkness Black is the colour of dirt. How come my eyes are brown and not the colour of the day light sky? Why do some people see my skin and think I should be abused? Lord, I just don't understand; what it is about my skin?