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Mandela is gone, but apartheid is alive and well in Australia : Comments

By John Pilger, published 20/12/2013

What few of them heard was the postscript to Rudd's apology. 'I want to be blunt about this,' he said. 'There will be no compensation.'

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The gap is ever widening between reality and the author.
Posted by Cobber the hound, Friday, 20 December 2013 7:42:58 AM
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This article is typical of what we have come to expect from John Pilger. It's little more than a grab-bag of every rumour and half-truth he could dig up to sandbag the "progressives" long held pet hypothesis that Oz is an apartheid nation.

Tellingly, he makes nary a mention of separate Aboriginal territories, or special places reserved at uni or in the job market on the basis of race, or a plan to enshrine special racial "recognition" (sic) in the constitution--all and any of which, when applied in pre-Mandela South Africa or Israel have had the "progressives" screaming and frothing at the mouth.

One wonders why anyone outside of "progressive" circles ever bothers to give Pilger the time of day.
Posted by SPQR, Friday, 20 December 2013 8:30:15 AM
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"Unlike the US, Canada and New Zealand, which have made treaties with their first people, Australia has offered gestures often wrapped in the law."

Anyone who knows anything about the history of the U.S. knows that the Americans slaughtered most of the Red Indians and broke most of the treaties they signed with them. Around the same time, the Americans were into slavery in a big way!

Holding Americans up as symbols of colonial righteousness is ridiculous, John!
Posted by David G, Friday, 20 December 2013 8:36:02 AM
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Hi John,

I have two suggestions for your consideration. The first is that you should come “home” a little more often. That way you might enjoy a break from your pseudo-world of Unicorns and other confected misrepresentations.

Secondly, you might get your editor to post you back to South Africa. Then you might observe that the apartheid you so fervently hated is alive and well. The only difference for black South Africans is that there is no longer a political apartheid, just the original socio-economic apartheid that people like you failed to either see or do anything about.

You and your ilk are to be congratulated for maintaining South Africa’s status quo. What you sought to avoid, you created.

Sleep well.
Posted by spindoc, Friday, 20 December 2013 8:54:16 AM
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If any of think Pilger will read any of you posts you've got rocks in your head. He's on of those Academics who loads a gun, places it where it can be found, walks away & waits for people to fire it.

Others of the same ilk. Wakim, Costello & Flannery. None of 'em worth what left on toilet paper after you used it.
Posted by Jayb, Friday, 20 December 2013 9:29:11 AM
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I can only echo Jayb's words. I witness dysfubction due to lack of motivation on an hourly basis.
I recall hearing "All we want is an apology". Well, an apology has been made, now what ?
Isn't it high time some people apologise for their lack of motivation ?
Posted by individual, Friday, 20 December 2013 9:47:01 AM
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