Apologies: Better late than never

[NuurAbSaal]

Hi,

I welcomed the change in attitude, . . .

I would welcome the change of attitude, if I thought any of those gestures actually represented a change of attitude. Yes, our leaders cry crocodile tears for what happened in the past and no longer effects us directly. And, when the situation arises, they revert to the same tactics they've used all along. Show me a world where repression, genocide, ethnic hatreds are really being addressed by the countries who can afford to address them. Show me a world where peace is maintained by peaceful means (even if that means some type of international police force) and where peace is being spread by education, economic support, and public pressure. Show me a world where expenditures for the common good is greater than that for warfare. Show me those worlds, and I'll believe those apologies.

For now, I remain skeptic.

--Pete

I can perfectly understand what you're saying. However, the "change in attitude" was at least accompanied by new laws being passed concerning the returning of stolen goods and working out some compensation for surviving holocaust members (among other things). As little as it was and as late as it happened, it still beats the policy that went before it. Which was to either ignore the past or mold it into something that was bearable and could be exploited come election time.

I'll take an insincere apology (and I think it was actually heartfelt) any day if it comes with a changed policy and actual attempts at compensation.

I'll keep looking for the world you describe though anyway, in case it's just around the corner.

take care
Tarabulus