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Lest we forget: The Coniston Massacre : Comments

By Amanda Midlam, published 11/11/2010

What was the Coniston massacre? Lest We Forget became Best We Forget as Australia developed amnesia.

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Except that the cause had nothing to do with nor have any substantial likelyhood of difference, from gender allocation to government boards- but from conflicting cultural and legal norms between two different civilizations, and gross legal shortcomings of our own.
Posted by King Hazza, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:05:52 PM
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Whistler, are you suggesting that separate men's and women's legislative bodies might have reduced the incidence of massacres in the nineteenth century, on both sides ?

Perhaps this could fix global warming in this century as well ? And world poverty ? Saving the whales ?

Perhaps you need to flesh out the idea a bit :)

Joe
Posted by Loudmouth, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:32:34 PM
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Let's also not forget the brutal bashing of a white male only just a few years ago by up to 20 Aboringines in WA. They surrounded him and his family and bashed him to death. The media tried not to report it and almost refused to mention that all those involved in the brutal killing were Blacks. It's unbelievable to think that only 2 years after the event nearly every person you meet is unaware that such brutality by blacks on whites still occurs. Most news reports just mentioned a bashing by a group of youths, never any mention of their colour.
Posted by ozzie, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:33:55 PM
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hi King Hazza, an imbalance of male power is at cause, same with dispossession, alienation and irreparable harm to the environment.
Posted by whistler, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:39:26 PM
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Thank you for the article. Coniston, while not widely-known, is getting coverage. I wonder how many other instances like this in Australia alone have been lost to history. Quite sad to realise that probably every country in the world has similar tales.

And to those who blame multiculturalism or males for Coniston, please take a reality check: the world in 1928 does not equal the world in 2010.
Posted by jorge, Friday, 12 November 2010 3:34:16 PM
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Whistler,

Would you mind elaborating on your concept of separate men's and women's legislatures? Perhaps in a new thread, maybe in General Discussion, so we don't derail this very worthy discussion.

Over the years, you have presented it as a sort of 'miracle elixir' that will cure inequitable treatment of aborigines, rampant capitalist exploitation, constitutional quandaries, economic woes and all manner of issues.

The trouble is, you haven't explained in any detail how such segregated legislatures would work. Would the same laws apply to men and women? Would men preside over some portfolios and women over others? Would men only vote for men and women for women? Would we double our current legislature or have two half-legislatures? Would they have equal membership? Who would control the budget? How would this be managed in a way that would prevent the broader division of our society? How would it improve our situation? How would it prevent financial catastrophes and massacres?
Posted by Otokonoko, Friday, 12 November 2010 4:59:05 PM
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