A girl at work sent that email that's been going around, the one saying "We're sorry for giving you a better life, sorry for teaching you English, etc" and I had to struggle not to reply with a torrent of abuse.
You can't base your judgement on what these people "achieved" by comparing them with modern society. That's like comparing how a tree grows with a mushroom.
Just as while it's officially an acknowledgement of past wrongs, most people with any kind of direct personal stake in the matter will be viewing it as an admission of guilt.It might have been officially an apology from the government, but I'm sure that most people will be using it as an apology from the people.
Just as while it's officially an acknowledgement of past wrongs, most people with any kind of direct personal stake in the matter will be viewing it as an admission of guilt.
Ok, please list what western civilisation has given the aboriginal people that betters their life compared to what it was before white settlement in a fundamental oh-my-god i can't believe they ever fucking lived without it way. Go.
No, that would be like comparing a grapefruit with a dingo. That's just silly.
A better analogy would be comparing a fully developed oak tree to one with stunted growth which has stagnated at the sapling stage.
How is that not the case with a dingo and a grapefruit?My analogy still works because mushrooms and trees are both highly successful organisms even though they have evolved and live in a completely different way.
I walked into the tearoom at smoko to be confronted with calls of "they should apologise to us" and then someone turned off the telly so i proceeded to call them all a bunch of fucking rednecks!!
The biggest thing that worries me is the compo thing, I mean if it is financial you know the majority will sadly piss it up against a wall, if they compensate they should do so in another way.
AlsoI understand the sorry thing, but should the gov't now start apologizing for everything the parliment has done since federation to try and protect the children? Again I know what happened was fucked up, but hasn't it now swung too far the other way, look at the few events late last year in northern QLD for examples
The biggest thing that worries me is the compo thing, I mean if it is financial you know the majority will sadly piss it up against a wall, if they compensate they should do so in another way.