Saying Sorry

There’s a lot of opinion out there on on our Government’s apology to the Stolen Generation.

I think it was a well-worded speech (albeit politically correct and careful not to lead to controversy or avoid any potential lawsuits – but we will see what will be the result), and it absolutely needed to be done. The stolen generation is a very dark chapter in our nation’s history that I was horrified to learn of when I was young, particularly having grown up in Cairns and having many Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander friends and neighbours.

Of course most people see the apology as the action being the most symbolic thing, as the past cannot be undone. We can fix things so that it can’t happen again, and we can acknowledge that it was wrong, but we can’t undo it. I believe, it all boils down to one simple thing: Australia had to say sorry.