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Originally Posted by Makedde
Obviously I am aware that those asking for compensation are, so far, very few. However, that could change. If one person manages to receive compensation, this will pave the way for the rest of them. I just believe the Government should have covered their arse before making the apology.
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What I'd like to know, is why they are NOT entitled to compensation?
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The majority have, which is obviously proven by the number requesting compensation. Those who have requested compensation, I do not agree with.
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Again, I ask why?
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Not everyone supported the apology, you know, and I was one of them. I never thought we should have to apologise for something a past Government did. Our current Government was not responsible for the 'Stolen Generation', and I don't feel the Government had the right to make an apology on behalf of all Australians - not when so many were against the apology in the first place.
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They didn't. They very specifically apologised on behalf of the government and parliament ONLY. And he covered the `past' issue as well. Some of the members of parliament today were members of parliament when this happened. So it's still a current issue, in that sense.
Not everyone supported the apology, no. But the very vast majority did, and just about all politicians, too, of all political viewpoints.
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I only know what I have read, or heard on the news. Perhaps nothing will eventuate? Who knows.
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Perhaps nothing will. Which is why you were wrong to state that it was `always about money' and that the first thing the Aboriginals did was turn around and demand money.
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I do clearly remember the Aboriginal man who went to court to claim the interest on the money he was award years earlier. That infuriated me, simply because he received compensation, blew the money, then went back for more.
Of course, he is only one person. I hope other Aboriginals will not attempy the same course of action as he did.[/font]
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Yes, he was only one person. There are idiots everywhere.
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Members of the 'Stolen Generation' were removed from their families by force, correct? So are children today. I have heard a few stories - this was after the apology - about Aborignal women who were actually grateful about being removed from their parents, because to stay would mean they likely wouldn't be here today.
I don't believe every child 'stolen' was simply taken because of their skin color. I firmly believe that many were taken simply because they were not receiving adequete care, ie: clothes, food, wellbeing etc. It would hardly be wrong to remove those children, would it? This is something we do everyday, and with good reason.
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I don't disagree with this - and it was something that was acknowledged during the apology.
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Can it be proven that these children were removed because of skin color? Can it be proven that some children were removed simply because they were not receiving adequete care?
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Yes. It was written in the legislature, and quoted by Kevin Rudd during his speech.
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Maybe we do have accurate information, maybe we don't. Whatever the case, I don't support, and would not support, a bid for compensation. That is simply my personal opinion, and it wasn't my opinion to begin with. I was once of the thought that an apology was a wonderful idea. I changed my mind, though, as people do.
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What made you change your mind?
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True, but as I said, I doubt the existance of a 'Stolen Generation'.
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For what reasons?
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Much better than a Current Affair, wouldn't you agree?
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Well, not according to Mercedes Corby.
