http://tinyurl.com/yzczh28
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 20 mins ago
LONDON – Britain and Australia are saying sorry to thousands of British children who were promised a better life overseas, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.
The British government said Sunday that Prime Minister Gordon Brown will apologize for 20th-century child migrant programs that saw thousands of poor British children sent to Australia, Canada and other former colonies until the 1960s. Many ended up in institutions or were sent to work as farm laborers.
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The British government has estimated that a total of 150,000 British children may have been shipped abroad under a variety of programs that operated between the early 19th century and 1967.
A 2001 Australian report said that between 6,000 and 30,000 children from Britain and Malta, often taken from unmarried mothers or impoverished families, were sent alone to Australia as migrants during the 20th century. Some of the children were told, wrongly, that they were orphans.
The migration was intended to stop the children being a burden on the British state while supplying the receiving countries with potential workers. A 1998 British parliamentary inquiry noted that "a further motive was racist: the importation of 'good white stock' was seen as a desirable policy objective in the developing British Colonies."
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Originally posted by zeeblebotI feel no pity . The ancestors of them snotty nosed urchins keep beating us English all the time at sports the little b_---ds 😠😠😠😠😠
http://tinyurl.com/yzczh28
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 20 mins ago
LONDON – Britain and Australia are saying sorry to thousands of British children who were promised a better life overseas, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.
The British government said Sunda ...[text shortened]... stock' was seen as a desirable policy objective in the developing British Colonies."
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Originally posted by zeeblebotWhat's your point? Any debate?
http://tinyurl.com/yzczh28
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 20 mins ago
LONDON – Britain and Australia are saying sorry to thousands of British children who were promised a better life overseas, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.
The British government said Sunda ...[text shortened]... stock' was seen as a desirable policy objective in the developing British Colonies."
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Originally posted by WajomaI was just reading this article on a Australian site and this was one of the comments posted by a reader. It sums it up perfectly.
If it's possible to apologise for something you had no part in. Or is it a cheap political ploy ala Kevin Rudd edit: and Helen Clark
"I am one of the people (a white Australian) this apology is supposed to apply to today, but I fail to understand how such an apology, from a government, that wasn't even in power when I was forced into 'care', can make any real difference to my life as it is today. An apology cannot put back in place what they stole from me as a child. It cannot put back the loss of family, loss of wages through denial of formal education, loss of trust towards other human beings etc. It cannot replace my health. It is words only. If regret and/or sorrow was truly felt by the government/s of today they would put some practical help in place for those of us who still suffer the long term ramifications of being a 'child in the care of the state’."
On a side note, Kevin Rudd is a nothing Prime Minister. Full of cheap political stunts and not much else. He will squander Australia's resource boom.
Originally posted by WajomaHe speaks for the Nation, which did have a part in it. He has chosen to be and was chosen to be it's representative, with all the baggage that entails.
If it's possible to apologise for something you had no part in. Or is it a cheap political ploy ala Kevin Rudd edit: and Helen Clark
Not only that, but some of the victims are still alive, making it even more relevant.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungNo the nation did not have a part in it, certain people within that nation had a part in it, it is only from those certain people that any meaningful apology can be made.
He speaks for the Nation, which did have a part in it. He has chosen to be and was chosen to be it's representative, with all the baggage that entails.
Not only that, but some of the victims are still alive, making it even more relevant.
Originally posted by WajomaEvery person in that organization has accepted the baggage of that organization. This is part of what it means to be a citizen. Their choice not to rescind citizenship shows this every day.
No the nation did not have a part in it, certain people within that nation had a part in it, it is only from those certain people that any meaningful apology can be made.
Originally posted by WajomaPreposterous nonsense. The Child Migrants Programme was a legally constituted and publicly funded programme implemented by the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. To assert that the "nation did not have a part in it" and that instead only "certain people within that nation" did it, merely serves to reveal the sheer daftness of your ideology. Was Poland invaded only by a large number of German individuals in 1939 or by Germany? Was John Allen Muhammad executed by a private citizen last week? When you pay your taxes are you transferring them to an individual office worker or to the state?
No the nation did not have a part in it, certain people within that nation had a part in it
Originally posted by AThousandYoungTwaddle!
He speaks for the Nation, which did have a part in it. He has chosen to be and was chosen to be it's representative, with all the baggage that entails.
Not only that, but some of the victims are still alive, making it even more relevant.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungApologising for something you had no part in amounts to dishonesty. It simply cannot be done. What of those Brits that opposed sending these kids to Australia? He is apologising on behalf of them as well? Brownie can apologise to them as well while he's on a run.
Every person in that organization has accepted the baggage of that organization. This is part of what it means to be a citizen. Their choice not to rescind citizenship shows this every day.
Brownie has a habit of apologising for things he had no part in and overlooking what he has done.
Originally posted by phil3000yeah, they were sexually abused and then used as slave labor, but on the other hand they're good at sports, so there is no need for an apology or even pity!
I feel no pity . The ancestors of them snotty nosed urchins keep beating us English all the time at sports the little b_---ds 😠😠😠😠😠
are you retarded?