SORRY...IS NOT JUST A WORD, IT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AN INJURY AND THE FIRST NECESSARY STEP TOWARD FORGIVENESS

"There comes a time in the history of nations when their peoples must become fully reconciled to their past if they are to go forward with confidence to embrace their future" The Right Honorable Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia 13 February 2008.

This is an extract from the 'Sorry' speech Kevin Rudd made in Parliament to acknowledge the wrongs of past governments which enacted laws on behalf of the Australian people that inflicted genocide and great suffering on the Indigenous people of Australia. It was an acknowledgment and apology that was long overdue. And an apology that was necessary in order for our country to put the past to bed and go forward into the future. Saying sorry was not the end, but the beginning. The beginning of a healing process for ALL Australians, indigenous and non-indigenous alike.

There was never any doubt that a BLACK man putting his hand up for the Presidency of the USA, and becoming a serious contender as Barack Obama has proven to be was always going to bring out the worst in a country that was built on theft, rape, murder and slavery. All of which was done without blinking an eye and for which the survivors have never received anything but more abuse.

vixee flitted into mylady_arwen_1's room today about 2 hours into a chat that had been in progress about the need for America to own up to its past and not get pissy because a black man (Pastor Wright) slams the truth in your faces. Her attitude was flippant, as it usually is when the conversation centres on issues she cannot make a contribution to. I left the room as I know this is Vixee's safe haven. By her own admission she is "special and gets special treatment" I knew if I had stayed I would have challenged her offensive manner and been red dotted. That is usually how it goes for me, when Arwen is not in the room. I can live with that, I just leave.

At various times I have heard Vixee screaming into a microphone "My land was bought and paid for, I don't owe anyone an apology!"

We hear Israeli's make the same claim about land they now occupy in Palestine.

The hypocrisy from Americans like Vixee and millions more just like her is sickening. Vixee will scream for hours about the injustices to the Palestinians and then refer to Native Americans as "scalpers" and be flippant about any notion of an apology to black Americans for hundreds of years of suffering and discrimination. Oh sure the laws have changed since the 1960's, but too many general attitudes have not. Black Americans have had to fight for basic human rights that Americans like Vixee have taken for granted from birth.


"GOD DAMN YOU AMERICA" when are you going to own up to the sins of your past?

"GOD DAMN YOU AMERICA" when are you going to stop invading other countries and killing innocent people?

"GOD DAMN YOU AMERICA" when are you going to accept that your country should be setting a better example to the rest of the world?

"GOD DAMN YOU AMERICA" and if you don't like this said, what are you going to do about it? So we can say "GOD BLESS AMERICA"