Lost childhood
JOHN HOWARD, Australia's prime minister, has never been comfortable with what he calls the “black armband” view of past injustices to Australia's aborigines. He says that he is “personally” sorry for what happened, but he balks at getting Parliament to issue a formal apology for misdeeds on behalf of the country. “We're not obsessed with symbolism,” he says.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Lost childhood”
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