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Old 02-16-2008, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Blade View Post
Absolutely wrong, in the case of the Prime Minister, who was speaking ex officio. That means he was not just implying culpability for himself (itself a nutsy idea) but all the non-ab people of Australia. Did he ask them if they wanted him to apologize on their behalf??
Do you not listen? He didn't apologise on behalf of the non-indigenous people of this country. Not at all. Only on behalf of the government and parliament. He didn't `presume' to speak for everyone in Australia in the slightest.

Your argument fails entirely on that point alone, but I suppose that would be terribly inconvenient for you to acknowledge.
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