Pericles
"But to make sure that you are not missed, I'll recommend to fellow-OLOers your web site, to ensure that your idea of "separate legislatures for men and women" can stay fresh in their minds.
http://2mf.net/"

Thank you for bringing that to our attention.
It has every lefty cliché in the handbook.
So many of its assumptions and assertions are based on fallacies and unachievable utopian ideals.

I wonder if these "elders" who are supposed to preside over the separate men and women's assemblies are elected? If not, on what basis are they to be leaders? What esoteric knowledge are they meant to possess?

Ironically, all the talk of equality the site speaks of would be flushed away under such a system. But hypocrisy has become the norm in left-wing circles.

Hi Pinn,

You make very interesting points about education and Indigenous women: at the last Census (2006), around thirteen thousand Indigenous women held tertiary qualifications, out of a population of about 140,000, i.e. one in every eleven women, In fact, in the ACT region, at that time, there were 288 women graduates out of a population of 812 women aged 25-59, better than one in three. Meanwhile, in parts of the NT, the proportion of Indigenous men with degree-level tertiary qualifications was far below one per cent.

Indigenous women outnumber men two-to-one as university students and as graduates. I estimate that by the end of this year, about twenty thousand Indigenous women will have tertiary qualifications, usually at degree-level and above, out of a population of 160,000, i.e. one in eight women. Overwhelmingly , they are in urban areas, mainly the larger cities. Fifty thousand Indigenous women graduates by 2030 is certainly on the cards - that would be one in every four women.

If you want more data, just email me on: joelane94@hotmail.com - I've been trying to keep a HE database since the early nineties. Tertiary education is the one big success story for Indigenous people, particularly for women, and is a tribute to their efforts.

By the way, Whistler, the new French president has named 17 women in his cabinet of 34 - admittedly, junior ministers, but at least the numbers are there.

Cheers,

Joe

I'm not sure that has to with left-wingery, Aristocrat.

>>It has every lefty cliché in the handbook.<<

Philip, as he explained to us earlier, comes from a line of Australian painters stretching back to Colonial days, and as such is beyond politics as we know it. Here he is on YouTube, putting the finishing touches to some nice pictures of trees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX_wfd0-kss

>>So many of its assumptions and assertions are based on fallacies and unachievable utopian ideals.<<

In his defence, it is essentially unfair to expect someone with such an artistic soul to understand the practical realities of life. Nevertheless, we owe it to his continued health and general wellbeing to take every opportunity to explain to him what life is like for the rest of us out here in the non-artistic world, so that he doesn't end up blowing a cerebral gasket.

What intrigues me about his writings is that it is apparent that he probably wouldn't swap places with my lifestyle any more than I would exchange mine for his.

Which is quite wonderful, when you come to think of it.

I wish you'd given us some warning, Pericles…

It was almost somnolent looking at "some nice pictures of trees" and reflecting on the implications of the music choice of 'All Good Things (Come to an End)'.

Anyway, the upshot is that I've spilled nearly a full cup of hot coffee over my lap and my good chair, having decided to look the other video available from philiparts (80 views) and having a bronchospasm in shock before realising it probably wasn't Mr. McKeon in a blonde wig

>>Here he is on YouTube, putting the finishing touches to some nice pictures of trees.<<

I don't know how but watching that video is somehow even more boring than just watching paint dry.

Cheers,

Tony

I was sort of hoping for something more in the Impressionist line - a little more Pissarro - or Monet.

Though it's nice to see someone being creative : )