So aboriginal children weren't taken from their families and put into the custody of white people and used as slaves? I can show you some great family photos of the all white family on one side of the great great grandfather and the mixed family on the other side. The guy was prolific! Something like 20 kids. Half of whom he wouldn't have had without the help of his servants.
You are correct though, there is a huge difference to the slave industry of the ye olde USA. So we agree stuff sometimes.
My point was more so based on the terminology of Nigger, how that word came about and the word Abo and how that came about. One was a term intrinsically linked to a massive slave trade that came from people kidnapped and transported etc. etc. There was a whole civil war with slavery being a key element, FFS. The negativity of that word is as clear as day and has been for a long time.
Yes, indig Aussies have experienced similar circumstances including removed children, massacre, dispossession, etc. For others here to act like I'm ignorant of that is pathetic but suits their precious outrage. The point is that Abo doesn't have a clear and obvious link to their experience. The simple and easy proof of that is that I use term without any value judgement attached to it like I used the term Aussie, Brit and until now, Paki. That was my point that the situation in the US and Australia and the words are completely different.
Anyway, we all know where we all stand and that we are different people who view the world differently. For the record I reckon al_ is very likely to be a top bloke IRL and I 100% respect and appreciate where his heart is in pretty much every matter that I've seen him discuss on this site. He's still and idiot though!!
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We won't be closing this thread because of a little heatedness, or as they say on the hill, "robust debate".
But we should move on after everyone gets one last word in on the subject.