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There has been a great deal made of Blair’s “apology” for the British empire’s role in slavery.
Slavery is wrong, there is no doubt about that.
However, it should not be forgotten that the majority of African slaves were “bought” from African kings and merchants in exchange for a variety of products. Especially guns.
The Africans were enslaved by their own rulers. The European nations took advantage of their greed.
There were some exceptions, and history does record a number of military campaigns to capture slaves, but these account for a very small minority of the 10 million slaves that were traded between 1650 & 1900.
Blair’s apology is nothing more than a farcical attempt to win favor for Labour with British African voters.
Perhaps we should ask for apologies from the Danes for their Viking raiding parties?
Tonki is home again! He was found trapped between two internal walls on the second floor of a new house being built across the road from us.
The builders had heard/seen him on Friday (the third day of him being missing), but thought he would leave of his own accord. But he was trapped. One of the neighbours to the house became aware of this, and let Janet know. As soon as Janet called for him inside the house, he started wowling from between the walls. From outside, you just couldn’t hear him. Too well sound proofed… this being the reason why we hadnt already found him.
After a little effort, the builders managed to find a gap where they could get to him, and he is now happily sitting on the back of the sofa in the sun, a little skinnier, but basically in good health. 
If you live in the Saltdean or surrounding areas and see a cat matching Tonki’s description, please leave a message here.
There is something just “wrong” about people that earn their living playing for foreign teams and then represent Britain in internationals, and vice versa.
When the weather is fair I have started cycling into work. Its 5.5 miles each way along the sea front, so it is a very pleasant way to start the day.
However, I was finding my backpack a pain, which caries a change of clothes along with the various nick-nacks that I carry around for work, pump, water, camera, etc, etc.
So, I popped into Freedom Bikes today. The chap was very helpful, and pointed me in the direction of a nice rack to fit my bike.
I fitted it before heading home, attaching my backpack with a pair of bungees. It works a treat!
Thanks Freedom Bikes!
We’re home again.
I’m just in the process of going through and sorting out my photos, and uploading them to “flickr”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/leewalton/.
My MacBook’s power adaptor has just decided to go up in smoke, so I’m using the old PowerBook at the moment. Apple have promised to send out a new adaptor on Monday.
I’ll edit up some of the previous blog posts made while we were away, and add in a few pictures where relevant.
Back to work tomorrow…
My parents are staying at the moment, and, as the Brighton Festival is kicking into life, we decided to take them out to one of the “events” that are on.
So we decided to go to “Amanda Warring’s”:http://www.amandawaring.com/ Wednesday’s production, “For The Love Of Chocolate”:http://www.amandawaring.com/index.php?module=Website&action=Text&content=1126795478364-3711 at the Sussex Arts Centre on Ship Street.
It was absolutely brilliant! Funny, very entertaining, and with a decidedly ‘chocolaty’ theme, it is well worth watching!
There was a girl filming from the “Beeb”:http://www.bbc.co.uk/, and I noticed that there was an article on the local news on Thursday.
I really hope that she wins the Best Show of the Festival.