In the paper today it says "John Prescot to apologise for slavery"Now whilst im all for aknowledging that the British Empire had a lot to answer for were do we draw the line under history.Should the North American Indians be made to say sorry for all the men women and children that were raped and killed in the 1800s,or the Spanish for the inquisition ect,the list is endless.
Is it not time to put away history and just realise that S**T happens and focus on todays problems of getting along with each other.Before somone shoots me down I only used the above as examples and I have no axe to grind with any race.
2006-09-22 00:58:12 · 13 answers · asked by Francis7 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The fact that John Prescot can apologies for something as big as slavery but not for his own actions and behaviour is in its self a form of insult to any intelligent group of people or the British..
2006-09-22 01:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by dianafpacker 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. It's stupid to apologies for something your ancestors did.
Going back about 6 years to when I was in secondary school, we had an assembly celebrating the different nationalities and cultures in our school. Basically people had been asked to give a short talk on their homeland and culture, so that we could understand it. There were two really disappointing ones: the Germans and the South Africans. The Germans apologised for the war and the South Africans apologised for apartheid. And that was their talk. It all seemed pointless a) because it wasn't their fault and b) because they told us nothing about their culture.
2006-09-22 01:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by Steve-Bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Prescott is a Great big Bullying Winbag , that has done nothing but take advantage of being Deputy Prime Minister to serve his own ends , you can take anything and everything his says with a great Pinch of Salt , He stand for nothing and is nothing. The sooner he is consigned to the Trash Can the better for Great Britain
2006-09-22 08:53:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Prescott has a heck of a lot of things to apologise for in the present day .... without dragging up history
More to the point, when's Mugabe going to apologise?
2006-09-22 01:12:12 · answer #4 · answered by trebs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thought the slaves where sold into slavery by their own countrymen ,does that mean prescot will ask the nation that made slaves of british soldiers and people during ww2 to apologise,
2006-09-22 01:08:40 · answer #5 · answered by dave p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Prescott needs to apologise to the British people first for his misdemeanours.Before making other meaningless utterances.
2006-09-22 03:21:04 · answer #6 · answered by mick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's barking. Maybe we should ask the Swedes and Norwegians for a grovelling apology for all the raping and pillaging their Viking ancestors did. And then we can start on the Italians for what the Romans did to us.
What a load of shite.
2006-09-22 01:47:09 · answer #7 · answered by Never say Never 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What about Slavery today???
Funny how people can apologise for things they were not involved with, but never sincerely apologise for the **** they do themselves...
2006-09-22 01:08:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It just illustrates how little the Labour party in general does for its citizens if this is all they can come with. It is just a cheap PR stunt! All they are saying is aw aren't we nice!
2006-09-22 01:23:36 · answer #9 · answered by LongJohns 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Frank M...its PC crap gone mad!
Lets blame the Africans (cradle of humanity) for leaving Africa & moving northwards. If they has stayed put we would all be sun-bathing everyday after work...
2006-09-22 00:59:52 · answer #10 · answered by Pretorian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋