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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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Can you not make the exact same excuse as a Catholic? 'Whoa, like frankly this particular case is about a school that started and finished it's course before I was even alive. The church has become more progressive, blah blah blah'. Not saying that this line of thinking is necessarily wrong but the fact Sliver thanked it comes across as hypnotical.
Either we are responsible for the mistakes of our ancestors or we aren't. I think the case can be made for either one to be correct.