Friday, February 15, 2008
Australia Apologizes To Aborigines
Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd delivered a speech in Parliament in which he apologized to the country’s indigenous people for past wrongs. What do you think?
Callie Patterson,
Systems Analyst
"Wound healed! Can't believe nobody thought of doing that for the past 230 years."
Doug Bernwood,
Scanner Salesman
"Sometimes you just need to believe in the power of words: cheap, cheap words."
Al Tiecher,
Plumber
"The question is, will this put an end to years of hostile, divisive debate, or will they all just continue drinking?"
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