Too true Roland,
This generation have nothing to be sorry about, personally? I'd even be OK if we started "stealing" some more, as Roland said; they'd probably have better lives. At least they wouldn't be abused as children, & end up as dole bludging petrol sniffers.
Sorry, unfair generalization I know. This whole topic gets me a little emotive!
Hey Nyden, I suppose with the oil crisis nearing, then the petrol sniffing would become a thing of the past.
Being a migrant, I do not totally understand this "stolen" generation issue. Could someone provide an unbiased summary of this?
Thanks.
The Stolen Generation (or Stolen Generations) is a term used to describe the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, usually of mixed descent who were removed from their families by Australian government agencies and church missions, under various state acts of parliament, denying the rights of parents and making all Aboriginal children wards of the state, between approximately 1869 and (officially) 1969. The policy typically involved the removal of children into internment camps, orphanages and other institutions.[1] The Stolen Generation has received significant public attention in Australia following the publication in 1997 of Bringing Them Home - Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families.[2] Questions regarding whether the Stolen Generation actually occurred or to what scale it occurred, remain controversial topics within Australian political discourse.[3][4]
1869 and (officially) 1969...
Thanks Nyden.
wow ... one whole century
IMHO, what's past is past... leave it there. Things had to be done I suppose. Say sorry then. But, if we start giving compensation to 1, then, no amount of tax money would be enough ...
Were they stolen or rescued? Were they not removed from squallor, fed, clothed, educated, housed, given access to modern medicine.
I guess you hear stories regarding some of the abuse at orphanages etc.
I suppose as a parent, you wouldn't want your children taken away for any reason. Isn't the government doing the same thing now with the Rescue in the Northern Territory - funny how the aboriginal leaders are in favour this time...
I refuse to do that.
I know it's wrong of me to expect this, but I just wish they would intergrate into society. The Native Americans have done this somewhat, as far as I know they don't still live in huts & tribes over there? They live in Casinos
Why are we saying 'sorry' to the aboriginals?!
He also said individual Australians have the right to oppose the move, saying the apology was not coming from the non-indigenous citizens.
"We'll be making it clear that we'll be speaking in the government's name," he said.
I doubt very much that you have a say in it.
cheers,
"We" are not saying sorry, the Government is.
I wonder if the aboriginal community wants the "sorry" or the compensation. If we were to seperate the 2 and say you can either have a "sorry" or the $$$'s - which one would they choose?
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