It seems to me that apologising for past wrongs is becomming something of an obsession, a quite pointless one. Most of us know what went on in previous centuries was wrong, but who are we to say sorry, we did not participate. If we can look back and see the results of intolerance, maybe we should put more effort into seeing similar wrongs being enacted today and do our best to rectify them, not wring our hands over events centuries past.