Saying Sorry

Brown is saying sorry for the ruined lives of many thousands of innocent children who, in the last century, were thoughtlessly shipped to Australia where many were abused. I suppose it makes just a little difference to hear the Prime Minister apologise, but it won't reverse their years of hurt. Nor will a hastily scribbled note from Brown bring back the son who was sent to do his duty so bereft of equipment that the son had to buy his own. Something happens to men and women when they get power over others; you can see it in government, in local councils and in the public sector. They forget their responsibility to protect the weak against the strong - to do the right thing. Instead, they develop high-handed and self-important attitudes; they listen to the siren voices that tell them they know best how others should live their lives. That is when the weak suffer, because they cannot fight back.
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