Original sentence: Opposition leader Brendan Nelson then also delivered a 20 minute speech in which he endorsed the apology.Prime Minister Rudd followed the apology with a 20-minute speech to Parliament about the need for the apology.Sections of opposition leader Brendan Nelson's reply drew heavy criticism and anger
Edited sentence: Many Australians disagreed with this view and believed it was inappropriately negative, included out of context graphic descriptions of abuse and social ailments in current indigenous communities given the apology was for former Australian governments' wrongdoings, avoidance of the word stolen, the claim that the children were taken "with the best of intentions", that any suffering was most likely unintentioned, that among those stolen some ultimately derived benefits from their removal that would not have otherwise been possible, the stressing that the acknowledgment of the events should be more important that an apology, and the inclusion of the word boong (a pejorative similar in connotations to the word nigger) as part of his speech.Many of the criticized points in Mr Nelson's speech, however, had just been addressed and debunked by Mr Rudd's reasoning for an apology just seconds before Mr Nelson began to read his prepared reply.People watching Nelson's reply speech protested nation wide.Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's sorry was followed by a 20-minute speech to Parliament about the need for an apology  and then by a sorry from Opposition leader Brendan Nelson.Sections of opposition leader Brendan Nelson's reply, however, drew heavy criticism and anger