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Now we're never going to hear from MasterOfReality!ExTrEmE fReErIdE will be back tomorrow to clarify his point.
GismoTheGecko won't.
Now we're never going to hear from MasterOfReality!ExTrEmE fReErIdE will be back tomorrow to clarify his point.
GismoTheGecko won't.
My opinion is subject to change. I usually have an initial opinion, and after a little research and fact finding sometimes it differs from the inital.C'mon, I know you've got an opinion. Lets have it. There's no problem with people taking an opposing view, provided they explain their justification. You always do that - (not that we often agree)
I agree SOME here have a decent intellectual level. You are certainly amongst those. gizmo boy doesn't appear to be.
You will...in time.Now we're never going to hear from MasterOfReality!
Agreed, I wasn't trying to insult him.MoR has far more brains than to fall into a childish squabble. He'll argue his point with measured opinion and dignity..., if his track record is anything to go by.
Yeah but if you read the thread you would also have seen the comment of a woman who was involved in the removal of children and remains scarred by it to this day because she felt it was wrong at the time and feels upset that she didn't do anything about it. So not everyone at the time thought they were doing the right thing.Can't be bothered reading this thread because it seems to be a total slanging match with a few people just being stupid.
What I did find interesting was the reactions of people involved in the government side of the saga. I saw an interview with an old nun who had worked at the mission schools educating these aboriginal children. She was unapolagetic, she felt that they had done the right thing. The kids had been taken out of terrible situatuions given a good education and a better chance at a normal (western) style life. She said the kids had a great time, never wanted to go back to their families and she couldn't see what was so wrong.
It might just be an old lady trying to defend what she did in the past, or evidence of the differing attitudes and the idea that at the time that they were doing the right thing.
And therein lies the complexity of the issue. Certainly in some cases the children that were removed had a better life for it, and it's not too hard to find evidence of that.Can't be bothered reading this thread because it seems to be a total slanging match with a few people just being stupid.
What I did find interesting was the reactions of people involved in the government side of the saga. I saw an interview with an old nun who had worked at the mission schools educating these aboriginal children. She was unapolagetic, she felt that they had done the right thing. The kids had been taken out of terrible situatuions given a good education and a better chance at a normal (western) style life. She said the kids had a great time, never wanted to go back to their families and she couldn't see what was so wrong.
It might just be an old lady trying to defend what she did in the past, or evidence of the differing attitudes and the idea that at the time that they were doing the right thing.
Care to expand on that?I know that stolen generation was taken away based entirely on race,
And vice versa. They may all been treated well and were happy with there lot. Don't just discount what he has stated.And just because one person says that the kids she saw had a "great" time doesn't mean that plenty of others weren't horribly mistreated.
I think its pretty much what the whole apology thing was about that lots weren't.They may all been treated well and were happy with there lot.
Yeah, the scene where he takes the kids is brutal.I think anyone arguing against the apology should watch Rabbit Proof Fence. I've only been able to watch it once.
ExTrEmE fReErIdE will be back tomorrow to clarify his point.
GismoTheGecko won't.
Understood, but his point of view was valid as well and appeared to be blown off as inconsequential!I think its pretty much what the whole apology thing was about that lots weren't.
It is very well thought out and designed. Well worth the time to research it a bit more and get the full story.I like that housing that you posted. In particular that it would appear that much more though and consultation has gone into it's design and construction which results in something to be valued and treated well by its occupants.
Buuuuuuuuuuuullshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.if i was living in a cave and someone took me and gave me a bed and medicine and an education i would be thankfull yes. im sure my mum would understand eventually.
CJ, will you stop using such big words? ExTrEmE FrEeRiDe will have no idea what you're talking about!So has anyone here been to white people's waterways and forests, that black people maintained and studied for 50,000 years? Have you seen what whitey has done when given a pristine environment, bountiful food and resources? Are you just gobbing because you bought the superficial propaganda of developmental capitalism? Until you notice the abomination this country has experienced over the last couple of centuries, any discussion of the irrelevance of compensation is pointless.