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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
TBQH, I find apologies such as these remarkably hollow for this very reason. I suggested above that all parties should have been apologizing, not just the party in power. The reason why this did not happen, and likely will never happen, is that there are no votes to gain if the opposition doesn't disassociate itself from the governing party.
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That's a really good point. It makes the apology less significant than the politicking going on around it. Sadly, it may also be the case for some of the native people lobbying for the apology. They may be jockeying for position within their own tribes or community councils, and getting the apology makes them look good.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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