[urangutan]

It is easy for us to accept and forgive Arjen, as we are not within the boundaries of conflict. This applies across the board. The United States to its Native Inhabitants and all the rest of the Americas for that matter. The Belgians for its influencial effects in Africa, the English, the French, the this, the that, the list is endless. We are the ones after the forgiveness but you wouldn't know it, as we haven't asked. It is not my place to forgive our mistakes. It is not my place to simply accept the mistakes of our past and in saying this, it is neither mine to expect acceptance or forgiveness.

You are reading me correctly just in all the wrong ways. I am English, I am French, I am Italian and I live in a land that has a history of subservient natives. Unless I ask for forgiveness how can I simply accept. I am no different than an Israelli in Palestine however, I do not fight for my rights as they are the rights of others bestowed upon me. I do not deny the rights of others for this is not my place to object and this is the only way I can feel forgiveness unless I stand upon a soapbox until all have heard me.