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Ayers Rock: closing the climb : Comments

By John Perkins, published 24/10/2019

The climb should not be banned. To pretend that their myths are true, does not benefit the Anangu. It divorces them from reality.

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I do find it interesting that most aborigines only discovered this fabulous heritage after anthropologists started writing about it, & they found it could generate more money or power.

"Welcome to country" ceremony is a perfect example of this bullsh1t.
Posted by Hasbeen, Thursday, 24 October 2019 10:51:54 AM
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The whole closing of the climbing of Ayers rock is a nonsense. The earlier elders around that area had no problems with people climbing the rock either black or white. There won't be any winners from this new made up supestitous nonsense. Caving into this rubbish is not showing respect but it is causing a further wedge in this land.
Posted by runner, Thursday, 24 October 2019 11:19:52 AM
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Dear Hasbeen,

How's it going old cock? Good?

Let's see what you have for us now.

"I do find it interesting that most aborigines only discovered this fabulous heritage after anthropologists started writing about it, & they found it could generate more money or power."

Well the Uluru example is one where the drop in the amount of money from drongos not visiting because they can't climb it will indeed hit the coffers of the traditional owners. So here it a prime example of them asserting their rights at a direct cost to them. This must blow that brain of yours.
Posted by SteeleRedux, Thursday, 24 October 2019 12:49:22 PM
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If one believes in land-ownership, then the place is theirs, the Anangu, and nothing else need to be said.

If one does not believe in land-ownership, then the question arises: what right have you, the English invaders, over this continent of Australia?

I take the middle ground, that while no man has ownership over God's land, people may still have ownership over the development of a land through their personal effort and investment.

As for the main thrust of this article, the author promotes the modern superstition as if only the objective plain, that which can be verified by modern material science, holds any importance, arrogantly showing contempt for all other plains of experience.

Nothing new about this attitude - it is the same contempt by which China justified its invasion of Tibet... and the same contempt that they will use again when they try to invade Australia. By denying the Anangu people any say over what may and may not occur on their land, the author also gives China all the necessary ammunition it needs to conquer Australia.
Posted by Yuyutsu, Thursday, 24 October 2019 12:50:48 PM
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If the Australian tourists to Bali & Thailand are anything to go by then yes, I can understand the Aborigines' anxiety about people crawling all over the rock.
Posted by individual, Thursday, 24 October 2019 8:48:30 PM
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Uhluru is a large rock that generates income for the tourist resort that is Aboriginal owned. By blocking people from climbing, the locals are shooting themselves in the foot.

I imagine that in a month or two they will have their hands out to compensate for their loss of business.
Posted by Shadow Minister, Friday, 25 October 2019 1:36:34 PM
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