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Ghost1 asks:

"What has happened ..
Is the Earth shaking"

What happened today is the PM said 'Sorry' for
the bad things that non-indigeous Australians
did to indigenous Australians following the
invasion and occupation of Australia.

He didn't say 'Sorry' for the good things that
non-ingenous Australian did - nor did he
mention all the good and bad things
that indigenous Australians did
during the past 220 years.

He focused (as was fitting and proper)
only on the bad things that were
done by non-indigenous Aussies
to indigenous Aussies and he
did so without qualification.

By 'qualification' I assume he was referring
to all the efforts by a political party (that
shall remain nameless to protect our
more sensitive HC members) that
tried to cloud the issue and water
down the apology by saying :

"Yes but they did some bad things and
we did some good things so why
bother with an apology."

Yeah well Hitler was nice to his
German Shepherd and to his
mistress - so perhaps he
was not such a bad
chap after all!

Steady on Graham! What did the PM say 'Sorry'
for that has anything to do with Adolf Hitler?

Hitler tried to implement a 'Final Solution'
(extermination) to the 'Jewish Problem'.

Australia *succeeded* in implementing
a 'Final Solution' to the 'Aboriginal
Problem' in Tasmania.

Australia *almost* succeeded in implementing
a 'Final Solution' to the 'Aboriginal Problem'
on the mainland, but the vast and arid
nature of inland Australia prevented
the complete extermination
of the Aboriginal race.

That seem a very good reason
to say 'Sorry' and without any
weasel words that water
down or qualify our
nation's vile crimes
against humanity.

Yes Ghost1 today the
Earth *did* skake and
it was not before
time either!