A historically significant day for Australians
 

Today for the first time ever, the Aboriginal people of the Canberra region have welcomed our federal parliament onto their land. This has never happened before and in fact, Aboriginal people have protested the Australian parliament and it's decisions with a 'tent embassy' for many many years.

This historic welcome anticipates the apology our new Prime Minister is set to offer the Aboriginal people of this land tomorrow. An apology for all the injustice, murder and dispossession these people have suffered at the hands of white settlers right up to this very day.

You may say that an apology is only words. That it means nothing, and perhaps it will in the end, but in the spirit of the gravity with which this apology is being offered, I, along with many millions of my fellow Australians can only hope that this is the first big step on the path to reconciliation.

Its all been said before though.

Not in this way and certainly not with the same intent. I agree that it's no magical fix for all the problems, but it's a better start than ever before.

Also, the Aboriginal people have never before welcomed the parliament onto their traditional land before.

The underlying problem has long been understood: The Gods Must Be Crazy.

I've seen the movie tw. I fail to see connection you're trying to make.

Maybe you take Australians too seriously. Obviously, I don't.

Maybe you don't make much sense.

I'm sorry. I have a bad habit of making my posts too long.

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did he just say what i think he said?!

^^^ I just had to see that again^^^

You really can be a very funny guy tw

As soon as I get a copy of UG's unabridged thesaurus, long sentences can be replaced with big words. What is a single word that says the gods must be crazy - in past tense?

Australia.

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Congrats, we owe the American Indians a similar process.