On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:51:07PM -0700, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Thanks, Russ. At least somebody had the grace to apologize. I don't think > the word apologize is in our national lexicon. Can you IMAGINE what would > happen if Obama were to apologize on behalf of the nation for our infection, > slaughter, displacement, and confinement of indigenous Americans. > [shudder] N >
For the record, it was our PM Kevin Rudd, who did it as one of the first things upon being elected: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=b3TZOGpG6cM For years, the general public had been calling on the previous PM John Howard to say sorry.... Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
