1. Why do I need to come up with an alternative to a dishonest statement?
2. Why is a statement about past injustices even a reasonable thing to do?
3. Are you going to start every meeting with a similar statement lamenting the past injustices to women, gays, Jews, Blacks? The bloody Irish?
1. You don't, but you seem to have enough to say about other attempts to do so so I'm curious if you could do better.
2. Because of politics.
3. If they wanted it maybe we would.