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Originally Posted by Slava
Whoa, I'm not sure about that line of thinking. Like frankly this particular case is about a school that started and finished it's course before I was even alive. I have a hard time seeing how I'd "bear some responsibility" for any atrocities committed there?
Things that were done to the first nations were abhorrent. I actually think there are things still happening today that are absolutely unconscionable and unacceptable. I completely agree with that line of thinking and feel that the governments (provincial and federal) have a duty to make inroads toward resolving those issues. I think that many of them are basic, human rights issues and it's a disgrace that in a country as rich as ours has allowed this to continue.
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I am responsible not for the suffering that both my country of birth, the UK, and my adopted country, Canada, caused but I am living in the lap of luxury because of that suffering, my house, my income, everything I have is basically stolen and so I have responsibility for admitting this and trying to make amends where I can.