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Re:Iceland and its medieval past by arethuza on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:22AM (#24639688)
Does anywhere actually show much "guilt of having displaced native inhabitants"?
Re:Iceland and its medieval past by sharkjacobs on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:15PM (#24642553)
I don't know where you live but for the last few years, every public event or performance in Vancouver, Canada, has been preceded by a land acknowledgement statement. It happens at political events, at Hockey games, at plays and performances.

It's just a brief statement along the lines of "We acknowledge that this event is taking place on the unceded territory of (list of indigenous tribes who inhabited the specific region)"

There are debates about its merits as an actual tool of reconciliation, but I don't think it's possible to argue that it isn't an expression of guilt by the cultural majority.

Re:Iceland and its medieval past by socialdemocrat on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:38PM (#24642840)
Yeah but most countries are not newly settled countries like t he US, Canada, Australia etc. Europeans don’t think like this. Doubt Asians or Middle easterners think like this either. Singling our Iceland as a special case is bizarre. The US and Canada are the special cases, not Iceland.
Re:Iceland and its medieval past by arethuza on Thursday October 01, 2020 @04:06AM (#24648575)
I'm a Scot and the Declaration of Arbroath (1320) is pretty clear about the point:

"The Britons they first drove out, the Picts they utterly destroyed, and, even though very often assailed by the Norwegians, the Danes and the English, they took possession of that home with many victories and untold efforts"

Not very apologetic!

Re:Iceland and its medieval past by ancorevard on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @01:18PM (#24641118)
Don't forget the guilt of the "native" inhabitants displacing the prior native inhabitants.

It's a rabbit hole.

Re:Iceland and its medieval past by drpgq on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @12:31PM (#24640559)
There's some in Canada now.