A Day That Will NEVER Be Forgotten

Wednesday, 13th February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd did what the former PM resisted his whole term in office, Kevin Rudd apologised to the indigenous people of Australia for the "Stolen Generations".

I have mixed feelings about this.

It has taken me all this time to post about it and I still have mixed feelings.

I feel deeply upset this had happened to the indigenous people however I did not DO IT and an apology by Mr. Rudd on my behave does not sit well.

I feel a sense of guilt when I should not.

I have no ideas how this issue should have been dealt with but I do have a strong sense that an apology was not the right one. I have already stated one reason but the second and possibly even far more significant is the long (possibly forever) term consequences of this apology; monetary compensation.

MX Newspapaer ran a front page spread about this historic day and an additional two pages inside reporting one the various events of the day.

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But one activist says it isn't enough. Sam Watson said Rudd's speech should be backed by action, including compensation.

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Will future generations of Australians be paying indefinite compensation?

Each time an indigenous community is unable to accept person accountability for its actions or that of individuals within that community, will future generations of Australian's be blamed?

The pattern is very clear on this; according to the indigenous people white Australians are to blame for everything, including the very personal and individual choice each indigenous person makes which turns out to be a backward step in some way or other, yet the same kind of thinking for those successful indigenous people is not applied but rather they accredit the good stuff to their indigenous people.

This is commonly known as floating values or floating moral base; based on emotion it varies according to the end result of given actions.

GOOD result = credit goes to the indigenous people

BAD result = credit goes to the white Australians

I have no time for this kind of measuring gage, you either take the good with the bad or give it up!