ALTRAV,

I shall repeat this for you.

Regarding your opinion:

You cannot imagine the immensity of the
shite I do NOT give.

You are a mental midget - with an IQ of
a fence post!

A holiday is one thing but life without purpose, even if one never has to work, must be numbingly boring after a while.

So no wonder this happens:

http://ntindependent.com.au/man-charged-for-allegedly-biting-off-womans-thumb/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=email_this&utm_source=email

Perhaps a huge proportion of the violence in remote communities, apart from its cultural underpinnings, is that utter boredom.

So how to get people interested in work ? Not just for its intrinsic value, but at least to reduce brutal violence amongst lifelong unemployed ? First of all, to persuade people that they need some basic skills ? That they need some basic relevant education ? If not for themselves, then for the better (i.e. more fulfilling) future of their children ?

It may well be that you can lead the odd horse in the general direction of water, if it's so inclined, but what's to stop it wandering off on some other path ? Ah, apples might help. Incentives, in other words. But humans are much more sophisticated, so how to motivate people away from life-dependency on welfare ? What incentive, besides money which they may be already receiving ?

i.e. as Noel Pearson has pointed out constantly, how to persuade people to step down from the welfare pedestal (where reliable income is not much lower than a wage) in order to go through the process of gaining some basic skill, and taking on a job to match that level of basic skill. Which would necessarily be something either hard, boring, dirty, dangerous, or all of the above ? And for barely any more than lifelong welfare payments ?

What are governments supposed to do about that ? Or should it somehow be primarily the responsibility of the people themselves to stand up and contribute ? Or is it possible that some problems don't have solutions ?

Joe

Joe. they can't get any more bored than they are already, so there is no extra excuse for more fighting.
I recommend you watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLFtWTM63JE if you haven't already. Josephine Cashman is a very knowledgeable lady as is Warren Mundine.

David

Thanks David,

Yes, they are both straight-talkers, and very good value :)

Cheers,

Joe