tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post7588930770654289467..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Australia's Indigenous People and the Sorry IssueJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-83602531368781115912007-07-20T21:23:00.000+10:002007-07-20T21:23:00.000+10:00Neil, what an unkind cut! Alzheimer's indeed!But i...Neil, what an unkind cut! Alzheimer's indeed!But it was an interesting conversation.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-46589540689930171012007-07-20T19:14:00.000+10:002007-07-20T19:14:00.000+10:00Thanks for that very intense conversation, Jim. It...Thanks for that very intense conversation, Jim. It probably helped protect us both from Alzheimers. ;)<BR/><BR/>We got into some interesting territory, I feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-8984653070207657602007-07-18T05:29:00.000+10:002007-07-18T05:29:00.000+10:00It has become a good conversation, Neil. I will pu...It has become a good conversation, Neil. I will put the link to it up on the main post.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-80666887471546177292007-07-17T23:54:00.000+10:002007-07-17T23:54:00.000+10:00It has become quite a splendid conversation, I thi...It has become quite a splendid conversation, I think. I hope you agree, Jim. It really has turned into a discussion of historiography, as well as the semantics/morality of the word "sorry". But now I too must go to bed...<BR/><BR/>I added a comment over there inviting an ex-student who is doing a PhD in history at Cambridge -- one of my former debating coachees -- to join in. I hope he does. A Hong Kong born Chinese studying Medieval French History -- which I find rather marvellous.<BR/><BR/>Couldn't have even thought of that invitation before the internet, could we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-60087009568755919662007-07-17T20:25:00.000+10:002007-07-17T20:25:00.000+10:00Neil, I too much prefer the tone of our current co...Neil, I too much prefer the tone of our current conversations.The visceral differences come from apparently different passions.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-41543946433683345442007-07-17T20:13:00.000+10:002007-07-17T20:13:00.000+10:00Would I ever censor your comments, Jim? The discus...Would I ever censor your comments, Jim? The discussion is going fine. Now of course I am right... (Joke!)<BR/><BR/>Seriously, it is interesting how we agree on so much about this but do diverge on something rather basic. I mean I had in 1996 a visceral hatred of Pauline Hanson, which I have got over... I felt she was destroying, or seeking to destroy, about thirty years of painfully acquired progress in our vision of ourselves. There you go... We could have had some hot conversations eleven years ago, but I really do prefer the tone of our conversations now.<BR/><BR/>People can visit <A HREF="http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/three-hot-issues/#comments" REL="nofollow">the discussion</A> if they want to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com