An apology.

Briton

Briton

Briton

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On this day, the 200,000 year anniversary of the first time a caveman clubbed his mate, I'd like to apologise to all women. I'm terribly sorry.
 
And that was before we became so developed that women now have 'rights'.

I think I'll move to the Middle-East. Multiples wives and the odd slap sounds quite good at the moment :p
 
Briton said:
On this day, the 200,000 year anniversary of the first time a caveman clubbed his mate, I'd like to apologise to all women. I'm terribly sorry.
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RIGHT KIDS?

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Lysander said:
And that was before we became so developed that women now have 'rights'.

I think I'll move to the Middle-East. Multiples wives and the odd slap sounds quite good at the moment :p
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:)
 
You're not the only one who is tired of the 'apologism' media coverage, but that's not to say the idea is totally invalid. Slavery involved some very cruel practices which we should be concious of but we shouldn't apportion victimhood and blame to particular ethnic groups and we shouldn't contruct slavery as historical or fail to acknowledge it as just one part of a wider problem of suffering that generally everyone has faced
 
cleanbluesky said:
You're not the only one who is tired of the 'apologism' media coverage, but that's not to say the idea is totally invalid. Slavery involved some very cruel practices which we should be concious of but we shouldn't apportion victimhood and blame to particular ethnic groups and we shouldn't contruct slavery as historical or fail to acknowledge it as just one part of a wider problem of suffering that generally everyone has faced
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Of course we all realise that slavery was a terrible thing but I think the idea of present generations apologising is invalid. Where would it all end? Every human being would end up having to apologise for every injustice commited by the species.
 
Briton said:
Of course we all realise that slavery was a terrible thing but I think the idea of present generations apologising is invalid. Where would it all end? Every human being would end up having to apologise for every injustice commited by the species.
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The idea of public apology is just something that black nationalists and their sympathisers encourage to attempt to portray guilty along colour lines but the idea of taking responsibility for the capacity to committ cruelty is a valid one. If I see what has been done in the past and recognise my capacity to do similar then I can say "I recognise that I have that capacity and choose not to encourage it".

Of course, this has nothing to do with apologising to people who haven't suffered on behalf of people I have nothing to do with, all of whom are long dead.
 
I'd like to today apologise on the behalf of people everywhere for pulling the wings from insects and burning ants with a magnifying glass when small.
 
cleanbluesky said:
...but the idea of taking responsibility for the capacity to committ cruelty is a valid one. If I see what has been done in the past and recognise my capacity to do similar then I can say "I recognise that I have that capacity and choose not to encourage it".
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Yes but every Human Being has to apologise to every other on behalf of the species if that's the case.
 
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