Dear Mrs. Madeleine Korbel Albright,
We always to say something for my respectful person.
As we have verdicted that formally apology by their government is tough issue, isn't
it?
"Comfort women" at whole World War II, that government of Japan
ignore it, never apology. On the other hand aboriginal policy in Australia never
apologized by government, also.
"The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be
roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be
exposed; and its crimes against God and men must be proclaimed and denounced"
Frederick Douglass said that(1817-1895).
About sixty five years ago, from the 1910s until the early 1970s, state and federal
government policies sanctioned the removal of as many as 100,000 Aboriginal Children from
their families and placed in government care, in the belief that the race would die out.
Many Children were physically and sexually abused, put to work as virtual slave labor
and never saw siblings or parents again.
It is a pity; Australia Prime Minister John Howard who has previously expressed
personal regret at the removal policies, repeated that he will not apologize on behalf of
the government and the people.
The government has argued all Australians should not fell guilty about past policies
with which they had nothing to do and which at the time were considered well-meaning,
Aborigines contest this.
On the contrast; De Vries was among the Aboriginal elders who were presented
Tuesday(May 26, 1998) with more than 600 "Sorry Books" filled with the notes and
signatures of an estimated 500,000 Australians who offered their personal apologies to
the so called stolen generations following "Sorry Day" and named after
"Sorry Business" an Aboriginal term for ceremonies of sadness or grief.
Howard said "Although in a personal sense many Australians will fell sorrow and
regret in relation to past injustices suffered'It is the view of my government that a
formal national apology is not appropriate" "More appropriate to addressing
Aborigines continuing disadvantage was to improve their health, housing and
education" he said.
From the history of view; a formally apology by government, churches and other
authorities involved in the Children's removal; would be a long time for
Aborignal's waiting.