You ended that post with WWG1WGA. That is not a punchline or a catchy phrase to be bandied about, it has meaning. ALL means ALL. Worldwide ... it's going worldwide. So to very briefly answer your question, YES.
Forgive you for your situation? To be honest I don't even know what that is supposed to mean. What are you apologizing for? Being alive? Are you committing crimes, killing, enslaving, raping, torturing, etc etc? If not, then you have nothing to apologize for. If you don't support those things we have no argument and you have nothing whatsoever to apologize for. Plenty of Americans have done crappy things, but I am not going to apologize for them or take the blame for their actions either. Guilt as a member of a class or race is complete garbage, don't buy into that.
I remember back in the 80s during all the boycotts, and with Mandela imprisoned, the US press generally portrayed the Dutch/Afrikaners as the bad guys, and the ethnic British as the more enlightened liberal 'reformers'. Apartheid was bad of course, but it was still frustrating how the press oversimplified everything.
I also remember how Reagan was against the boycotts, because he felt strongly that boycotts would hurt the very people we were trying to help ... Reagan was loudly accused of being a racist and pro-apartheid for this of course.
Nowadays, people have such short memories, I don't think many Americans at all know there's even a difference between Dutch & British, or just how many different ethnic groups–European, African and Indian–exist in South Africa.
Not saying you did. I am only saying what it means. ALL means ALL, as in everyone. You are a person, no? So you count as part of the ALL. Take your time, think it through.
You ended that post with WWG1WGA. That is not a punchline or a catchy phrase to be bandied about, it has meaning. ALL means ALL. Worldwide ... it's going worldwide. So to very briefly answer your question, YES.
Forgive you for your situation? To be honest I don't even know what that is supposed to mean. What are you apologizing for? Being alive? Are you committing crimes, killing, enslaving, raping, torturing, etc etc? If not, then you have nothing to apologize for. If you don't support those things we have no argument and you have nothing whatsoever to apologize for. Plenty of Americans have done crappy things, but I am not going to apologize for them or take the blame for their actions either. Guilt as a member of a class or race is complete garbage, don't buy into that.
Ah yes well ... the narrative. You get it, nothing to apologize for, and I'd be willing to bet that most people understand just that point.
I remember back in the 80s during all the boycotts, and with Mandela imprisoned, the US press generally portrayed the Dutch/Afrikaners as the bad guys, and the ethnic British as the more enlightened liberal 'reformers'. Apartheid was bad of course, but it was still frustrating how the press oversimplified everything.
I also remember how Reagan was against the boycotts, because he felt strongly that boycotts would hurt the very people we were trying to help ... Reagan was loudly accused of being a racist and pro-apartheid for this of course.
Nowadays, people have such short memories, I don't think many Americans at all know there's even a difference between Dutch & British, or just how many different ethnic groups–European, African and Indian–exist in South Africa.
Not saying you did. I am only saying what it means. ALL means ALL, as in everyone. You are a person, no? So you count as part of the ALL. Take your time, think it through.