The National Forum   Donate   Your Account   On Line Opinion   Forum   Blogs   Polling   About   
The Forum - On Line Opinion's article discussion area



Syndicate
RSS/XML


RSS 2.0

Main Articles General

Sign In      Register

The Forum > Article Comments > Growing up with Lambanana and slavery > Comments

Growing up with Lambanana and slavery : Comments

By James Arvanitakis, published 13/3/2012

An Aussie’s experience of Liverpool.

  1. Pages:
  2. Page 1
  3. 2
  4. All
So very well written. It demonstrates how past events and conditions can be written out of history. Often dominant narratives cover up less well known trends.

Most people probably think slavery was wholey an Africa to America phenomenon. Little or no pay to Aborignes is another set of facts easily written out.
Posted by plantagenet, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 8:32:41 AM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
more of the totally unbalanced rubbish we receive from academics these days. If we are to reflect on the past why not celebrate the fact that white people although they committed some atrocities brought medicine, education and more importantly the gospel to people who lived in darkness. Young girls being rescued from uncles, being shown how to build a house and being supplied with running water and electricity are things now being taken for granted. Free sit down money, opportunites to go to university, jobs all outweigh the old lifestyle of tribal warfare where some kids born disabled were clubbed over their heads. A little balance please. Just look at some of the tribal feuding still going on with axes and machettes and you might stop living in dreamland.
Posted by runner, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 10:37:48 AM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Very informative article, thanks James. I think your idea of museums depicting the full story of Australia's wealth in similar fashion to those you described in Liverpool is a good one. A full picture of where the wealth went would be even better; obviously little has gone to e original inhabitants of the land. Thier origninal wealth - their country - has been despoiled. Real question is how can they be compensated for loss of country and health - simply paying money can't return these but restoring pride in their amazing culture can.

Runner, give yourself a rest. You don't have to go off on stultifyingly negative tangents whenever your colonial sensibilites are offended.
Posted by Roses1, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 11:19:41 AM
Find out more about this user Visit this user's webpage Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Runner those "white people" in their travels, not only brought the gospel, they also brought disease that killed many indigenous people.
Posted by Kipp, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 12:16:22 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Kipp

which migration group has not brought their unique diseases? It is a result of a fallen world of which we are all a part of.
Posted by runner, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 3:54:05 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Kipp,
they also brought you.
Posted by individual, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 7:06:31 AM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
  1. Pages:
  2. Page 1
  3. 2
  4. All

About Us :: Search :: Discuss :: Feedback :: Legals :: Privacy