I'm at least fourth generation Australian, and proud of it. As far as I see I have nothing to feel sorry about!

I am frightened of the blanket adoption of north american terminology like "First Nation Peoples" and "Thanksgiving". Kevin from Queensland is looking more like a mini me clone of John Howard by the minute, where is Bob Brown when you need him.

What the...

Tell me this is some kind of brilliant satire?

National Day of Thanksgiving??

What about us 'Godless heathens'...are we invited?

I think Alan may have a point here. The date and subject matter seems like too much of a coincidence to me. This smells very political.

Just another reason to spit on our flag as far as I'm concerned.

Although I am something of a media junkie, this is the first I've heard about the NDoT. Therefore I'm not sure that it is that much of a threat to our way of life etc, particularly as it seems to be composed of a rag-tag bunch of the usual desperate suspects.

Is there any evidence that they are actually having much impact with the NDoT project? Maybe we should just ignore them while they get on with their happy-clappy and hysterical rants until they are clapped out, and then welcome them back to the banal old everyday world of uncertainty, mundane anxieties and quieter joys.

Granting them undue attention for their quaint campaigns may only prolong their enthusiasm.

"White people learn to think black".

What a lot of racist claptrap.

And how many times can you misrepresent the notion of justice in one article?? Not everything bad that has happened to Aborigines is a result of them being "victims" requiring "justice" from whites, yet that is what the black grievance industry would have you believe.

You wouldn't know it from listening to people like this, but Aborigines are actually independent human beings like the rest of us who have a capacity to change their own lives, for the better or worse, independent of the white bogeyman. You, sir, and your ilk are direct contributors to the environment of despair and self-pity that many Aborigines find themselves mired in today.

AS AN ABORIGINAL WOMEN, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY YOUR VEIWS REPRESENT THAT OF A NEO-LIBERALIST IDIOT.

IT'S NOT HARD TO SEE YOU AREN'T WELL EDUCATED IN ABORIGINAL AND AUSTRALIAN HISTORY.

JUMPING ON THE "BLAME THE VICTEM MENTALITY" BAND WAGON IS TOO EASY IN THIS DAY, WITH OVER EDUCATED FOOLS LIKE NOEL PEARSON MISREPRESENTING THE ABORIGINAL VISION FOR LIBERTY.

LIKE IT OR NOT, AUTRALIA IS ABORIGINAL LAND AND YOU, A DECENDANT OF AN INVADER.

WE ARE A SOVERIEGN PEOPLE, AND LIKE ANY DISTINCTIVE CULTURAL GROUP WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASSERT OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.

FURTHER MORE, OUR RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLE.

NOT ALL OF US BELIEVE THAT THE WESTERN ECONMOIC IDEAL IS AND SHOULD BE THE GLOBES FUTURE, AND THAT THAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I DONT LIKE WHAT YOUR SYSTEM DOES TO YOU, LET ALONE WHAT IT HAS DONE OR NOT DONE FOR US.

TAKE A LONG HARD LOOK AT THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN.