Comments on: Whereas That Was Sad https://sorrywatch.com/whereas-that-was-sad-the-acadian-expulsion/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Fri, 28 Jul 2023 19:51:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dear Queen of England, we apologize for seceding | SorryWatch https://sorrywatch.com/whereas-that-was-sad-the-acadian-expulsion/#comment-263 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:37:22 +0000 http://sorrywatch.anythreewords.com/?p=6#comment-263 […] (That’s why governments can apologize for actions of previous governments…though they don’t always apologize well.) One might add that Mr Williams owes it to himself as well as to the Queen to be factually […]

]]> By: Katherine Catmull https://sorrywatch.com/whereas-that-was-sad-the-acadian-expulsion/#comment-14 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:28:36 +0000 http://sorrywatch.anythreewords.com/?p=6#comment-14 This is brilliant and made me laugh (although or maybe because my husband is a Cajun who is testy about the treatment of his people, beginning with the Great Upheaval and running right through “Southern Comfort,” the 80s horror movie where the horror is . . . Cajuns).

But now I have that mournful song “Acadian Driftwood” stuck in my head.

]]> By: Anita https://sorrywatch.com/whereas-that-was-sad-the-acadian-expulsion/#comment-11 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:48:07 +0000 http://sorrywatch.anythreewords.com/?p=6#comment-11 Well! You CERTAINLY can’t trust a Yankee!

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