Monday, December 15, 2003

I really don't feel so bad about having Etouffé either

The Queen's representative in Canada will issue an official apology for the Crown's decision to expel the Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755.

James Gill on apologizing for history: Apologizing for misdeeds long ago is all the rage these days. Well, Her Majesty can lock me up in the Tower if she wants to, but I say that this is not only sublimely pointless but a craven surrender to the forces of political correctness.

It is also presumptuous to apologize on behalf of guys who have been six feet under for a couple of centuries. Maybe they wouldn't be the least bit sorry. Regardless, nobody alive today has any reason to take responsibility. It's history. Get over it.


While we're at it, I also feel pretty bad about that whole sacking of Rome thing. Sorry.
Signed, Society of Modern Visigoths

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