The descendants of some people in New Guinea have apologized for their ancestors eating some other peoples ancestors in 1878. They almost shouldn’t have bothered really, they only ate four people, the Vikings in Ireland killed thousands a thousand years ago. Oh wait, the Danes say they are sorry for that too. Whew, now we can finally get over it and get on with our lives.

The problem with historical apologies is they never end really. Even very nice people did some pretty horrible things in history and it isn’t as though we live in a perfectly just and kind society with honest and incorruptible leaders now. Even I, who has lived a saintly life, have committed some acts worth apologizing for but it is far easier to apologize for others who are long dead. Therefor I would like to publicly and without reservation apologize for all the mean things any of my deceased ancestors did to any of your ancestors. Sorry. Now can we return to making the world we actually live in a nice place?

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