I'm with ye laddie. Best to leave the skeletons i' th' close.
DH
At 06:50 PM 10/2/00 +0200, you wrote:
>I have reread John, Dale and Rory postings. I still find myself moved by
>the sadness and suffering that must have overcome the transported. But
>still I feel a touch of pride in Caithness's actions. The very idea of an
>apology is an anathema to me. How do you say I am sorry for brutalising
>your country. How do you say sorry for ending your way of life, abetted a
>medieval one. What do we, generations later, have the right to accept such
>an apology on those long dead. I cannot justify any action by a
>grandstanding petty Parliament. Dale is correct imperialistly twice we
>spread the British Empire across the world. Is it not the role of man to
>expand his national interests? Americas "sea to shinning sea" the Russian
>empire and others to numerous to mention. Communication made it possible
>and now that we came communicate directly without goverment interference are
>we not in the position to reclaim the world. This world was inherited from
>our forefathers it is on loan from our children it is to them we owe the
>correctness of our actions.
>
>Sinclair
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