France recognises Algerian colonial suffering

President Hollande told the Algerian Parliament France's behaviour in France was "brutal and unfair"

He also said"

"For 132 years, Algeria was subjected to a brutal and unfairsystem: colonisation. I acknowledge the suffering it caused"

"We respect the act of memory, of all the memories. There is a duty of truth on the violence, the injustices, the massacres and the torture,"

"On May 8, 1945, when the world triumphed over brutality, France forgot its universal values,"

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/12/201212209928683335.html

What do you think? Is it a waste of time for people to ackloweldge their colonial past? Did he go to far? Not far enough?

He needs to apologize for the Norman invasion of Britain.

I still want reparations from England.

Also, it seems kinda pointless to say "We did this exty years ago, we're sorry!"

I think the past is past. Let it go....LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]I think the past is past. Let it go....jim_shorts

meh , its a bit late and doesn't have much point in it

9/11 is also in the past. Let it go...DrTrafalgarLaw

That's different because white people died.

It's a nice gesture, but you really cant apologize for the actions of your forefathers.

It's a nice gesture, but you really cant apologize for the actions of your forefathers.

sonicare

and not a single thing was changed when a socialist was feeling sorry for something...

Hmm, let's see if Hollande can correct the problems that North Africans face in France itself.

Leftwingers apologizing lol...when have i seen this before