today is "sorry" day for australia.......

I don't think this issue has anything to do with slavery! There was obviously a reason for it that they decided to take these children, but as I had nothing to do with it, I shall hope tomorrow that they will start to move on! It is really better to accept what has happened today, even though I for one did not agree with it, but once again, could never put this in the same category as slavery, as that is a low way to treat a human being no matter what colour they are!

No need to be sorry novataylor, as it probably came out the wrong way the way I typed it. But do feel that they are different in the way they have happened, but both leave an unhappiness in those involved and those who feel this type of behaviour should not have taken place at all. But unfortunately it did and to those responsible should be the ones to say "sorry" but they may not be around to do so!

I wasn't trying to compare the situation to slavery, only the deep-rooted hurt that the two share. I'm sorry that it came across that way. Like slavery, the pain of the Stolen Children goes deeper than you and I will ever experience. I'm glad that there is finally a "Sorry Day". There has needed to be one for a very long time, and it's a shame that it has taken this long for it to come about. Surely it's got to make some difference, but I don't see how it's going to really make up for anything. That kind of healing will take many, many years more. Generations, even. I wish that the United States would authorize a "Sorry Day" for the native American peoples. They also deserve infinitely more than that, but it might just be a start, a small beginning toward a healing. I don't see it happening anytime soon, but I sincerely wish that I would see it in my lifetime. The travesty that has been perpetrated here and there is going to take a huge amount of Sorry to begin the healing process.

This may well be the case and intersting to see how it is taken! Only time will tell.....

Moving on is a great achievement if one can do it of course. And for some this will not happen easily, but to give it your best is a great achievement on its own and think it would make a better, more positive person, if only they will try.

Unfortunately money today is the root of all evil, but if all this emotion that has been expressed by the Aborigines is from the heart then it is the heart that needs to be healed. Money should not be an issue here as there are many people who have suffered from ill doings and HAVE to try and get on with there lives the best they can, so it may take time but it is a better person who does it without seeking money for it. There are other ways to "help" them move on I am sure!

I would like to think you are right, I do feel for these people and hope they can use this apology to move on. But as I was not personally involved in what did happen years ago saying sorry is not for me!