Apologies?

Nick Koenig
Article #8
North County Times
It's not easy for presidents to say 'I'm sorry'
http://www.nctimes.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/it-s-not-easy-for-presidents-to-say-i-m/article_cf06d49f-3ff2-5533-a4a2-dd9c8e0bb31d.html

How Presidents Cover Up

     Mistakes were made in the past by Americans to other countries. Examples contain mistakenly bombing the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia and an accidental sinking of a Japanese fishing boat are easily forgiven, but slavery is another story. No president has said any such thing as "sorry" towards slavery, yet George W. Bush claims it as "one of the greatest crimes of history." Aren't we taught as children our manners? How to say please, thank you, and sorry? Isn't that easy for citizens? Then why not presidents?

     This connects to what we are learning in class in two ways. Slavery was the top thing back before the Constitution of the U.S. When the U.S. and Britian had problems, slaves would be used in war. Eventually when the wars were over and the colonies were free, slaves were counted as 3/5s of a person. When do slaves turn into "real" people? Presidents can't even apologize to what they claim a big mistake. If they apologized, would it make a difference? Would it change people's lives? What about King George? I don't think Patriots would believe King George if he apologized.

     This connects to my life as a citizen because if I was a slave or if I was black, I would want the President to apologize about the past. The past inflicts my life as well as others, and we want fairness and justice by only one word, but the President never says that word. That word sorry is never said about slavery. Yes, it may be in the past and we can't change the past, but you can make up for it by saying that one little word.

     My opinion is that the Presidents are too afriad to say sorry about slavery, because then some people may think his apology is nothing and somewhat go on a rampage. They may also be mad because the President(s) haven't said this until now, when slavery happened about 200 years ago. You've all seen something about a big problem, and someone apologizes in about a couple months to some years, and everyone gets mad. That's how I vision the scenario the President would be in.