Justin Trudeau asks Pope for apology

[SuburbanFarmer]

So the Pope should apologize for Canadians sending Native Americans to Catholic run Canadian Schools -Why?

Some of those kids are still alive, in Canada, after the Canadian government sent them to those schools.
So where did the Pope f*ck up?

Because i hear the Prime Minister of Canada throwing a hissy, and I see him pointing fingers.
But I'm not sure what the Pope did.
Did he bite someone?
Did he hypnotize Canada and force them to run their schools a certain way?

C'mon, man. Some of these survivors of "cultural genocide" are still alive.
Tell me what the Pope owes them.
Because clearly the Pope is the leader of Canada.

The pope is the absolute leader of the pedophile ring that ran those schools. On top of that, he is said to have the Speaking Power of God behind him, so I'd say he's more responsible than a Prime Minister in a parliamentary system, under a distant monarch-figurehead.

I seriously don't care about any kind of apology, honestly. But don't try to shift responsibility like this.

[DBTrek]

Pretending that systematic cultural destruction is some sort of basic rule or a foregone conclusion of foreign conquest isn't excatly a strong showing of historical knowledge, DB.

What culture was destroyed?
Do you answer any questions, or do you just hop from one false claim to another in hopes that eventually you'll outrun the truth?

[DBTrek]

The pope is the absolute leader of the pedophile ring that ran those schools. On top of that, he is said to have the Speaking Power of God behind him, so I'd say he's more responsible than a Prime Minister in a parliamentary system, under a distant monarch-figurehead.

I seriously don't care about any kind of apology, honestly. But don't try to shift responsibility like this.

Don't shift the responsibility of Canadian assimilation programs onto the shoulders of Canada?

[DBTrek]

They lost the war.
Too bad.
Suck it up bitches.

So that's one way to smooth over historical grievances.

Very Statesmanlike.

Tear the band-aid off vs. slowly peel it away from the skin over a period of centuries.

[SuburbanFarmer]

The pope is the absolute leader of the pedophile ring that ran those schools. On top of that, he is said to have the Speaking Power of God behind him, so I'd say he's more responsible than a Prime Minister in a parliamentary system, under a distant monarch-figurehead.

I seriously don't care about any kind of apology, honestly. But don't try to shift responsibility like this.

Don't shift the responsibility of Canadian assimilation programs onto the shoulders of Canada?

It's on both bodies.

Ripping the kids out of their culture was a bad thing that Canada did. The systemic abuse (and murder) of those kids in the schools is on the CC. Pretending that the Canadian government is solely responsible is pretty weak, IMO.

[DBTrek]

Ripping the kids out of their culture was a bad thing that Canada did. The systemic abuse (and murder) of those kids in the schools is on the CC. Pretending that the Canadian government is solely responsible is pretty weak, IMO.

Pretending the CC was operating assimilation schools against the will of Canadians is what's weak.
Setting up assimilation schools in your nation, then trying to pass the buck on to the folks you enlisted to run those schools is weak.
Plenty of weak going on in this story - and it's all coming from Canada.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Ripping the kids out of their culture was a bad thing that Canada did. The systemic abuse (and murder) of those kids in the schools is on the CC. Pretending that the Canadian government is solely responsible is pretty weak, IMO.

Pretending the CC was operating assimilation schools against the will of Canadians is what's weak.
Setting up assimilation schools in your nation, then trying to pass the buck on to the folks you enlisted to run those schools is weak.
Plenty of weak going on in this story - and it's all coming from Canada.

I don't believe that Canada is passing the buck for the creation of those schools. If we refer to the OP, it appears that Trudeau has already given an apology for Canada's role in the debacle.

[DrYouth]

No reason both can't apologize.

Create better blood.

It's not either or.

[DBTrek]

I don't believe that Canada is passing the buck for the creation of those schools. If we refer to the OP, it appears that Trudeau has already given an apology for Canada's role in the debacle.

Well then - he should probably offer his apology and STFU then, eh?
Like a man.

What kind of weakling tries to point the finger at everyone else and rope them into the blame game?
You pee on a man's lawn, you apologize.
You don't pay a visit to the bartender and demand that he apologize too, because if he didn't sell you all that beer you wouldn't have had to piss so bad.

I get it, finger pointing and blame shifting is like a conditioned response in certain socio-political quarters, but you have to break that training.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I don't believe that Canada is passing the buck for the creation of those schools. If we refer to the OP, it appears that Trudeau has already given an apology for Canada's role in the debacle.

Well then - he should probably offer his apology and STFU then, eh?
Like a man.

What kind of weakling tries to point the finger at everyone else and rope them into the blame game?
You pee on a man's lawn, you apologize.
You don't pay a visit to the bartender and demand that he apologize too, because if he didn't sell you all that beer you wouldn't have had to piss so bad.

I get it, finger pointing and blame shifting is like a conditioned response in certain socio-political quarters, but you have to break that training.