What kind of government in the 20th century would do such a thing

Australia needs to put their heads down, what sick evil government officials planned and schemed to commit such atrocities. Their names should be published and tarnished for all of mankind to see and remember. And up until the 1970's, unbelievable.

Yes there are other examples throughout history as many other posters have mentioned on this board but this one stands out because of the nature of the cruelty and how recently this took place.

One poster mentioned:

"the Howard government probably didn't say sorry was because they knew that by taking responisbility for it many people would claim compensation which is something that would either decrease the budget for other areas or increase the rate of tax that people pay"

Oh what a shame to have to raise taxes, perhaps taking their children from them would be a better idea, WAKE UP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations