Ms DD Posted March 15, 2007 Blair 'sorry' for UK slavery role Mr Blair met Ghanaian president John Kufuor Tony Blair has said sorry for the slave trade, months after his statement of "deep sorrow" was criticised by some for stopping short of a full apology. "I have said we are sorry and I say it again," he said after talks with Ghanaian president John Agyekum Kufuor. Britain had a "relationship of equals" with countries like Ghana, he said. The most important thing was "to remember what happened in the past, to condemn it and say why it was entirely unacceptable," Mr Blair went on. Some anti-slavery campaigners had said they wanted Mr Blair to go further ahead of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, after his first statement in November. His expression of "deep sorrow" for Britain's role in the slave trade was welcomed by some but criticised by others for not going far enough. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6451793.stm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caano Geel Posted March 15, 2007 It should be the state that apologises not Blair. and a state apology is very different to an individual -- regardless of this individuals prominence . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ms DD Posted March 15, 2007 My point is CG..This happened donkey years ago..why must they continue to aplogise for something they werent responsible of themselves? I think Africa as a continent has done much worse to itself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khayr Posted March 15, 2007 ^^^ They are just words that are done for the sake of formality. The brits are not sorry about any of their crimes against humanity-Why? b/c they continue to do the same. Just look at Afghanistan and Iraq ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
