ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff><SPAN class=960190805-12032000> <DIV><FONT size=2>Karen</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>You say very definitely your "family were never involved"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>i.e. you said</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>&lt;&lt;</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=960190805-12032000>As for apologising with reconciliation: Why should I be forced to betray my own innocence and apologise for something I never had any involvement with?</SPAN><SPAN class=960190805-12032000>&nbsp; My family were never involved so I personally do not wish to apologise. I'm not being stubborn or a racist just&nbsp;simply standing up for my beliefs, my morals and my own family's innocence. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=960190805-12032000></SPAN><FONT size=2>&lt;&lt;</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>How can you be so sure ?&nbsp; So few of us know what even our parents have done or</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>said in their lifetime let alone further back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>When did your family come ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I know this is an impossible question if you are more than 1 generation Australian but one of</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>the things which is emphasized in all learning about Aboriginal culture is that BEFORE you</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>tackle it you actually get to know yourself and understand your own heritage.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>You may have done this but I suspect many of us realise when we do any research at all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>that there are no doubt contacts we have managed to submerge into our consciousness</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>some at a very personal level (in our own youth) and others contacts our family have had</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>either consciously or unconsciously over the years since our first relatives came to this</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>country.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Lynn&nbsp; </FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV></SPAN><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Lynn Pollack<BR><A href="mailto:lpollack@sydpcug.org.au">lpollack@sydpcug.org.au</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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