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Lithium replied

11 September 2009, 22:19
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

I think Thatcher should apologise for wanting to keep millions of suppressed Germans behind a wall for commercial reasons... Not to mention the Belgrano.

Yep, think an not type eh!?
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Zippy replied

11 September 2009, 22:17
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

I think Thatcher should apologise for wanting to keep millions of suppressed Germans behind a wall for commercial reasons... Not to mention the Belgrano.

Wish I could find the Spitting Image Belgrano sketch on YouTube
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gingerjedi replied

11 September 2009, 22:03
I think Thatcher should apologise for wanting to keep millions of suppressed Germans behind a wall for commercial reasons... Not to mention the Belgrano.
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Lithium replied

11 September 2009, 21:52
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

I don't necessarily believe we should apologise for the past (we didn't inflict this bigotry on people after all). I just thought it was a terrible incident in our past, given that we now lavish praise on our 'unsung' heroes of Bletchley.

The man was a genius and he was treated cruelly, so we should remember that and make sure it doesn't happen again.

<zip lecture ends>

As Zippy said, the man achieved great thing's and then was slated. As to whether the current government should apologise? Well they are the only one's who can, if you disagree get back to the Daily Mail or summit!
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Zippy replied

11 September 2009, 21:44
I don't necessarily believe we should apologise for the past (we didn't inflict this bigotry on people after all). I just thought it was a terrible incident in our past, given that we now lavish praise on our 'unsung' heroes of Bletchley.

The man was a genius and he was treated cruelly, so we should remember that and make sure it doesn't happen again.

<zip lecture ends>
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gingerjedi replied

11 September 2009, 21:44
Bristolians were expected to apologise for the slave trade, as a white man born more than 200 years after it was abolished I have supposedly benefited so it's only fair.
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eliquant replied

11 September 2009, 21:28
Its Gordon Brown's ploy to appeal to the gay vote, Alan Turin was gay of course and he thinks that it will swing voters his way (ooer missus).

but no I reckon that the gay community probably knows better, poor old Gordon going pink won't work out for him.
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xoggoth replied

11 September 2009, 09:19
Agree with a few up. All this apologising for history is absurd.
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HairyArsedBloke replied

11 September 2009, 08:58
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

It's not news at all. Is Gordon going to apologise to every dead person who was given a hard time?

Even if he only did those that he and his party had a part in their suffering, the heat death of the universe would never let him finish.
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bobhope replied

11 September 2009, 08:47
while in 1950 he devised a test to measure the intelligence of a machine. Today it is known as the Turing Test.

FFS, does nobody proof read articles at the BBC anymore ?
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d000hg replied

11 September 2009, 08:34
Originally posted by MB99 View Post

Great news, but also a very great pity that it took so long to be made.

It's not news at all. Is Gordon going to apologise to every dead person who was given a hard time?
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DiscoStu replied

11 September 2009, 07:59
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post

The time for then trouser wetting, drugged up, snot goblin to repent his evil deeds has long past. He has a greater destiny.

I wish you'd mark your links as NSFW!!
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MB99 replied

11 September 2009, 07:34
At long last

Great news, but also a very great pity that it took so long to be made.
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HairyArsedBloke replied

11 September 2009, 07:25
Originally posted by pmeswani View Post

We will have to wait for another 70 or 80 years for an apology on Gordon Brown's actions.

The time for then trouser wetting, drugged up, snot goblin to repent his evil deeds has long past. He has a greater destiny.
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pmeswani replied

11 September 2009, 06:41
Originally posted by eliquant View Post

Gordon Brownstuff is now apologising for mistakes which he had no control over, what about mistakes that he did have some influence over ?

We will have to wait for another 70 or 80 years for an apology on Gordon Brown's actions.
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