[UA] Templars Exonerated

[Saul Peers]

I'm pretty sure there's a yearly "I'm sorry" from the U.S. to Japan.  I 
could be wrong though, since I don't remember where I heard it.

Saul


>From: Tim Toner <thanatos at interaccess.com>
>Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>Subject: Re: [UA] Templars Exonerated
>Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 23:42:23 -0600
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Saul Peers" <rexmundis at hotmail.com>
>To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
>Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [UA] Templars Exonerated
>
>
> > I like the Pope, but he's seriously gone soft.  I mean, it's one thing
>when
> > the U.S. says sorry to Japan for dropping the big ones on them; that's
>just
> > a couple of countries going at it.  Mother Church, though!  Seriously,
>when
> > did the Pope have to explain what he was up to, anyway?  He's God's main
> > man!  Jeeze, when the embodiment of the church, spiritual descendent of
>St.
> > Paul the Baptist, has to say "sorry", you know the world's going to 
>Hell.
> >
> > Saul
>
>
>I don't think the US has apologized for dropping the bombs.  As I recall, 
>in
>1991, a group of Japanese diplomats approached the US, asking to hold a
>ceremony where they apologized for attacking Pearl Harbor.  The US
>representatives thought that was a dandy idea.  Then, the Japanese 
>diplomats
>continued, maybe you could apologize for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
>
>"No," was the reply.
>
>At the time, I recall thinking that was the most cold blooded thing I ever
>heard.   Times change.
>
>
>
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