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re: towei:<what is genicide???>>> Towei, I wouldn't even be talking about monies in the same breath as saying sorry. One has nothing to do with the other and the arguments could be debated quite apart from each other.
Let me ask you this, though mate: It's a hypothetical question so don't get too angry about it. Forget pride, forget the lure of saying "NO" to just about everything a redneck is asked to think about, but do think about this possibility:

My grandfather stole from your grandfather a valuable piece of jewlery. Very valuable -forget insurance for now! Your grandfather wrote a couple of letters to his family discussing the fact that he had lost this valueable piece of jewlery and that he was devastated about it. He was glad some of the people around him tried to cheer him up but, unfortunately the valuable piece had been lost. It was handed down to him from generation to generation and it was very distinctive. Everyone knew about it.

Years go by and suddenly you see me wearing this very valuable piece. It's on my body! You have proof it was your grandfathers -I don't know, photos or some such thing. In any case, ownership is not questioned but the thing once belonged to your father and now I'm walking around wearing it! I, too, think it belongs to me because my wife had bought it from the jewlers only a few days earlier.

What do you think should be my approach if you came to me with proof and all that the piece belonged to your family as a prized heirloom and you have the proof to show me? How do you think I should respond?

Should I at least not say, sorry, mate. I know how you must feel but I won't be giving you the piece back because I paid good money for it.
Or
Do I have the right to say, "No get stuffed, the thing is mine!"

If the robbery took place recently then I could be charged with receiving stolen goods and there's be no question about saying "sorry." I'd be in jail and the piece would be returned to its rightful owner.

Incidentally, an identical case is going on -has been going on for many years over the Ancient Greek marbles (called the Elgin Marbles) in honour of its great thief.

Both, Koories and Greeks use the same reasoning: Yes, you took something away from us so as to save them from other people stealing them or destroying them. For that, we thank you but now give our prizest possessions back.

The Koories are not even going that far. They're not saying, "give our land back," though I know, some would shout from the rooftops that there's no argument: Stupid English White fella stole our precious land so, you ought to pay us fair recompence if you want to stay on it!

The Koories are simply asking you to sympathise (feel their sorrow) with them so that they know you understand the fact that you're standing on their land, and that you're not treating it right!
THAT'S ALL!

Now, back to the hypothetical -if I haven't exhausted you yet (LOL)-
How do you think I should respond to your approaches with title deeds and other indisputable proof that the most valuable piece of jewelery I'm wearing belongs to you?