All comments you make are about imposing your own culture onto Indigenous Australians- this is very paternalistic- Indigenous Australians already have their own culture. Remember that what you consider bad behaviour may be acceptable in another culture. The thing that would fix the 'problem' as you call it is appropriate consultation with community leaders Australia-wide, sufficient funding, eradicating racist policies such as the NTER and having more politicians like Rudd, Hawke and Keating.
This guy is not well-educated, but he does have wisdom (not least proved by his success in Japan - I couldn't make it).
He is not racist - a racist is someone who judges ALL people of certain skin colour(s) and/or nose & eye shape(s) - this guy is daring to criticise some CULTURES, and good on him.
We should have one world-wide culture with equality for women and freedom for anybody to reject whatever religion or atheism their parents believed in; where all are free to marry who they want.
and mate your encouragment of indigenous people to continue while things are is very silly., why? because for the last two hundred years no other race in australia has had a it more tough. you talk indigenous people being success this race has survived and fought hard for what is rightlfully there's. the way you are presenting this blog is stereo typing indgienous people as lazy, you are wrong! it took eddie mabo 10 years to fight in his legal battle against the goverment and he won,glean on dat
dude some of ur comments are correct concerning self determination of indigenous australians. but the billions of dollers you talk about where created by money produced on stolen land. The australian economy has been built on minerals mined on stolen land, and the whole law structure of Australia is built upon injustice. The australian goverment has always put selfishness and greed before morals of humanity. the indigenous people r wat they are today as a result of past goverment decisions
I think you ARE racist but there does seem to be an immense cultural incompatibility with a majority of aboriginal and mix-aboriginal people with common society. Employment and schooling is one of those problems. Gang ideologies and self marginalization are another big one that the media doesn't like to pay too much attention to.
@WarriorOfWriters my grandfather is aboriginal, he is dead now. he never said i was racist. culture plays a part of it, i do believe white protestant culture does not hinder intellect, development, and improvement, as we seem almost culture-less. some cultures to hinder these things as theyre not open to new ideals, inventions or experiences. i live in japan and my kids are japanese-australians and so i have infinitely more experience than a naive bigot who calls me a racist.
when should certain indigenous communities apologise to me as i paid alot of taxes that ended up going to their communities, and they destroyed walls, windows in the houses built for them, and left their communities in a general state of mess? when is my apology due? a waste of my tax money i think.
Also your "Aboriginal problem" sounds very similar to the US and Canada's so called "Indian problem" for which the Canadian government also apologized.
"Maybe the solution is to take their kids away and teach them to be white... oh wait, that's what the apology was about."
Which is worse, them having their kids taken away without their consent, or your leader apologizing on your behalf without your consent? Curious what your thoughts on your aboriginal politician, I heard people are furious.
@p00ner2011 Remember, kids were taken away from both white and aboriginal, also asian, indian, and other races, all races to be in fact. I feel Kevin Rudd misrepresented me as I have nothing to apologise for, except to my mother for being a horrible kid sometimes, and to my brother for stealing his basketball cards one time. They are apologies I owe and gave, I have never wronged an indigineous australian.
@1973mazdarx4coupe Kevin Rudd apologised on behalf of the government and past governments of Australia for the racist policies they put in place that led to the stolen generations- not on behalf of you or any other individual Australian. This was a case of institutional guilt, not intergenerational guilt.
By "their" I mean the worlds "First Peoples," the people that were there before whites got there. Worldwide they all seem to suffer from the same things, addiction, crime, etc.
Now, I don't think it's the people themselves, they were fine before they had their kids taken away. I think it's the after effects of the crap they went through, as I said in my previous post they all had their kids taken away, not surprisingly they all had the same outcome.
@p00ner2011 I dont know what you mean `after effect`. Is it supposed to last numerous generations? I remember my grandfather fought the Japanese in the pacific, and here I am living in Japan. Should I also hate Japan? What ever happened to individual responsibility, dignity and self respect?
@p00ner2011 our generation did not take their children away. Our generation is comprised of alot of different creeds and they all seem to abide and function to continue a healthy economy. The problem here is that our government continues to sponsor a shiftless bitter generation of aboriginals that are socially incompatible with the working majority.
Hmm, no, you're most definitely a racist. So you're saying white Australia's problem is the Aboriginals over there? I think the problem lies in the "generational effects" of when they had their kids taken away from them and they forced into schools. White people did the same thing in the US and Canada and New Zealand, South Africa, etc. For over a century they had their kids taken from them, generation after generation.
@p00ner2011 what you rely on is when children were taken away, it only happened to aboriginal parents. This is not true at all; Caucasian children were also taken away. What I see is someone is just as capable as I, I am no better than someone due to my color or looks, and I am always left thinking with all the support being given, why is there still a developmental gap between aboriginal australians and australians? Also, I was born in Australia, so I am native to Australia.
All comments you make are about imposing your own culture onto Indigenous Australians- this is very paternalistic- Indigenous Australians already have their own culture. Remember that what you consider bad behaviour may be acceptable in another culture. The thing that would fix the 'problem' as you call it is appropriate consultation with community leaders Australia-wide, sufficient funding, eradicating racist policies such as the NTER and having more politicians like Rudd, Hawke and Keating.
jrarchae 3 weeks ago
This guy is not well-educated, but he does have wisdom (not least proved by his success in Japan - I couldn't make it).
He is not racist - a racist is someone who judges ALL people of certain skin colour(s) and/or nose & eye shape(s) - this guy is daring to criticise some CULTURES, and good on him.
We should have one world-wide culture with equality for women and freedom for anybody to reject whatever religion or atheism their parents believed in; where all are free to marry who they want.
carlosantuckwell 1 month ago
and mate your encouragment of indigenous people to continue while things are is very silly., why? because for the last two hundred years no other race in australia has had a it more tough. you talk indigenous people being success this race has survived and fought hard for what is rightlfully there's. the way you are presenting this blog is stereo typing indgienous people as lazy, you are wrong! it took eddie mabo 10 years to fight in his legal battle against the goverment and he won,glean on dat
christsoldjah 3 months ago
dude some of ur comments are correct concerning self determination of indigenous australians. but the billions of dollers you talk about where created by money produced on stolen land. The australian economy has been built on minerals mined on stolen land, and the whole law structure of Australia is built upon injustice. The australian goverment has always put selfishness and greed before morals of humanity. the indigenous people r wat they are today as a result of past goverment decisions
christsoldjah 3 months ago
I think you ARE racist but there does seem to be an immense cultural incompatibility with a majority of aboriginal and mix-aboriginal people with common society. Employment and schooling is one of those problems. Gang ideologies and self marginalization are another big one that the media doesn't like to pay too much attention to.
WarriorOfWriters 1 year ago
@WarriorOfWriters my grandfather is aboriginal, he is dead now. he never said i was racist. culture plays a part of it, i do believe white protestant culture does not hinder intellect, development, and improvement, as we seem almost culture-less. some cultures to hinder these things as theyre not open to new ideals, inventions or experiences. i live in japan and my kids are japanese-australians and so i have infinitely more experience than a naive bigot who calls me a racist.
1973mazdarx4coupe 1 year ago
@1973mazdarx4coupe that means your aboriginal too
gbold10 1 month ago
@gbold10 that's if your grandfather is on your mother's side
gbold10 1 month ago
when should certain indigenous communities apologise to me as i paid alot of taxes that ended up going to their communities, and they destroyed walls, windows in the houses built for them, and left their communities in a general state of mess? when is my apology due? a waste of my tax money i think.
1973mazdarx4coupe 1 year ago
Also your "Aboriginal problem" sounds very similar to the US and Canada's so called "Indian problem" for which the Canadian government also apologized.
"Maybe the solution is to take their kids away and teach them to be white... oh wait, that's what the apology was about."
Which is worse, them having their kids taken away without their consent, or your leader apologizing on your behalf without your consent? Curious what your thoughts on your aboriginal politician, I heard people are furious.
p00ner2011 1 year ago
@p00ner2011 Remember, kids were taken away from both white and aboriginal, also asian, indian, and other races, all races to be in fact. I feel Kevin Rudd misrepresented me as I have nothing to apologise for, except to my mother for being a horrible kid sometimes, and to my brother for stealing his basketball cards one time. They are apologies I owe and gave, I have never wronged an indigineous australian.
1973mazdarx4coupe 1 year ago
@1973mazdarx4coupe Kevin Rudd apologised on behalf of the government and past governments of Australia for the racist policies they put in place that led to the stolen generations- not on behalf of you or any other individual Australian. This was a case of institutional guilt, not intergenerational guilt.
jrarchae 3 weeks ago
By "their" I mean the worlds "First Peoples," the people that were there before whites got there. Worldwide they all seem to suffer from the same things, addiction, crime, etc.
Now, I don't think it's the people themselves, they were fine before they had their kids taken away. I think it's the after effects of the crap they went through, as I said in my previous post they all had their kids taken away, not surprisingly they all had the same outcome.
It's not them, it's you.
p00ner2011 1 year ago
@p00ner2011 I dont know what you mean `after effect`. Is it supposed to last numerous generations? I remember my grandfather fought the Japanese in the pacific, and here I am living in Japan. Should I also hate Japan? What ever happened to individual responsibility, dignity and self respect?
1973mazdarx4coupe 1 year ago
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@p00ner2011 our generation did not take their children away. Our generation is comprised of alot of different creeds and they all seem to abide and function to continue a healthy economy. The problem here is that our government continues to sponsor a shiftless bitter generation of aboriginals that are socially incompatible with the working majority.
WarriorOfWriters 1 year ago
Hmm, no, you're most definitely a racist. So you're saying white Australia's problem is the Aboriginals over there? I think the problem lies in the "generational effects" of when they had their kids taken away from them and they forced into schools. White people did the same thing in the US and Canada and New Zealand, South Africa, etc. For over a century they had their kids taken from them, generation after generation.
You are their problem, they're not your problem.
p00ner2011 1 year ago
@p00ner2011 what you rely on is when children were taken away, it only happened to aboriginal parents. This is not true at all; Caucasian children were also taken away. What I see is someone is just as capable as I, I am no better than someone due to my color or looks, and I am always left thinking with all the support being given, why is there still a developmental gap between aboriginal australians and australians? Also, I was born in Australia, so I am native to Australia.
1973mazdarx4coupe 1 year ago
@p00ner2011 my mother just told me im an 8th aboriginal... didnt affect me one bit
1973mazdarx4coupe 11 months ago
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amcmartin 1 year ago
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amcmartin 1 year ago
@amcmartin very constructive
1973mazdarx4coupe 1 year ago