Reply #37: No, an apology is when I have done something wrong [View All]

[BoneDaddy]

and I own it. I have done nothing wrong and will not allow people who are angry and hurt over something that occurred way beyond the time my ancestors were even part of this nation.

I think that when people hold onto collective wounds they remain stuck and unable to live in the present or move into the future. As long as people continue to demand an apology for something that others are not accoutable for, it will remain an issue that divides the races. I am Irish and the Irish were dominated by the English for 700 years. The legacy of dysfunction in many Irish families is as a result of this oppression, yet I do not feel the need to have the current English apologize for what their ancestors did.

It is time to grow up and move beyond this.