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Who me … an Aborigine? : Comments

By Stephen Hagan, published 8/12/2005

Stephen Hagan asks what makes someone an Indigenous Australian.

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Terje,
To answer your question:
"Which countries do you think are less racist than Australia?"
Antarctica would be one.
Posted by GlenWriter, Saturday, 10 December 2005 3:38:52 AM
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I suppose I'm an Australian racist, but if I am, I'm not much good at it. I hade a mate, a Korean war fighter pilot, & when I went to visit his family with him one christmas, he told me his father was a south sea islsnder, just before we arived. He need not have bothered, the old bloke looked like any other 70 year old weather beaten farmer to me.
The most physically beautiful people I have met, were Chinese Melanesiam European mixed race up in the islands. Boy, didn't they have it made. Chinese business sense, Eurpoean confidence, & the islanders sense of fun. Wow, it would have been good to have been one of them. & I always thought "Big Mal" was Italian. I should have known, they can't play football, can they?
We will never be rid of racism while the less successful members of minorities can blame their lack of success on some one else's racism. I refuse to let them lay guilt on me. Hell, I can only go back 2 generations, so I may be one of them, & you know what? I con't care.
Posted by Hasbeen, Sunday, 11 December 2005 2:28:07 AM
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Amel,

You obviously don't like Australia.

If you don't come from Australia, then I suggest you pack up and go home.

If you do come from Australia, then you obviously have some serious self confidence/guilt problems. Why don't you try taking a birch branch and giving yourself a good flogging. Hopefully that will expunge the sinful, guilty, self doubting feelings you're having (about something).

Have a nice day.
Posted by drewd, Sunday, 11 December 2005 9:42:15 PM
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Funny how Stephen Hagan never mentioned guilt once but it gets trotted out here by those who appear to "think" it was mentioned.
..mmmmm?
Posted by Rainier, Sunday, 11 December 2005 9:54:31 PM
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You obviously don't like Australia.

If you don't come from Australia, then I suggest you pack up and go home.

If you do come from Australia, then you obviously have some serious self confidence/guilt problems. Why don't you try taking a birch branch and giving yourself a good flogging. Hopefully that will expunge the sinful, guilty, self doubting feelings you're having (about something).

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Why don't you leave, I have no serious problems. YOU obviously should think about yourself. If you don't like what I'm saying,then go read a gossip magazine or something.
Posted by Amel, Monday, 12 December 2005 12:55:04 AM
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Woodyblues (et al) please make an effort to refer to Aboriginal people/culture with a capital "A" as you would when making reference to people from other cultures for example Greeks, Italian, Irish, Arabic to name just a few of the many that make up (a collective) Australian culture.
Posted by Christopher Davis, Tuesday, 20 December 2005 11:46:16 AM
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