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Yea, and the catholic church has admitted it might have done Galileo a minor injustice by imprisoning him for the last 10 years of his life. Blair apologised for the Irish famine.

Politicians are good at useless, far-too-late apologies. The only useful thing to do is ask what is he gonna do to make it right to any survivors of his barbarities ? If the answer is nada, then he can keep it.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 01:19:37 PM EST
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There is a difference between apologizing for what was done under your watch and what was done 400 years prior.

Which is not to excuse the repression of gays by the Cuban Revolution, but to recognize that Castro is not claiming to be infallible like a Pope.

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Sep 9th, 2010 at 04:59:44 AM EST
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