eet,

You claim you teach Aboriginals and have done so for four years. How fit are you for the task? I hope you don't turn your nasty personality on them, poor buggers.

Your vicious bully-boy tactics are directed at Aka, but what perfect irony in such a telling self-portrait: 'You are a nasty and intolerant person. You're not in a position to tell anyone anything.' A case of the pot calling the kettle black - or a half-caste?

I notice you won't take on my questions. Tough talk, but no stomach for the tough questions?

eet, you're such a light weight its not worth commenting.

Gee its hard teaching kindergarten,

eet,

you said in your first post 'we need to recognise that governments of both persuasions have acted in good faith to try and solve these problems'.

Quite frankly I disagree that governments acted in good faith and by their own records it is fact that they did not act in good faith.

There are countless records of the things I spoke of, written by white colonisers.

You seem happy to discuss Aboriginal people as a homogenous group but are uncomfortable for 'whites' to be discussed in generalised and homogenous terms. I wonder why that is.

Now onto the issue of respect. You give a perfect example of what I was talking about.

An education degree, and four years experience teaching does not make you an intellectual. You have no idea of the issues you are discussing.

You seem to confuse nastiness and insults for intellectual discussion. You do not do your ancestors, particularly your parent, proud.

Your venomous attack on me simply reflects your juvenile and distorted thinking.

Come back and talk with the adults when you have completed kindy.

eet,

You seem to have fallen for the "noble savage" stereotype that the only real Aborigines are full bloods running around the outback eating bush tucker and painting in caves.

The real world isn't like that and neither are the kids you teach.

If Aka does have a chip on her shoulder generally, (as opposed to just in this thread) then attitudes like yours have helped put it there. Do you not understand that?

I agree with chain smoker with the fact that we need to stop pointing out differences but find similarities. As the 3rd richest country we have a responsibility to try and help the underprivileged countries and races such as the aborigines. To have a wealthy country with a race that has a life expectancy that is similar to that of some of the poorest countries in the world is a serious issue which needs to finally be address as a matter of seriousness by the government.

I knew I'd upset a few people with my last post. And very happy I am about it too.

If you look at Aka's posts you'll find she made absolutely no attempt to engage anybody about anything. She came into the discussion full of sound and fury, accusing white people of every crime under the sun. It's a well worn tactic of urban political Aboriginals: attack people with such aggression that they're too frightened to say anything in return. It's nothing but thuggery and intimidation. And at the end of the day I said nothing untrue. My ancestors, like most white Australians, migrated to Australia last century.

Aka, at least you got the respect part true. I have no respect for aggressive thugs. If you want people to respect you then you could start by giving it.

FrankGol you made the same mistake as Aka with your first post. To your credit you calmed down and attempted to engage. I hadn't replied because I felt we weren't really getting anywhere. What do you do with remote communities? There is around 90% unemployment in most and they will probably never be economically viable. But then on the other hand it's a bit hard to say to people, well you've been out here for 40000 years so now its time to move to the city and get a job. I've said lots of times there are no easy solutions. Do you believe me now?

You also doubt how fit I am to teach Aboriginal students. This is why I didn’t answer your previous posts. After all my posts you still haven’t managed to work out that remote Aboriginals are completely unlike their city cousins. I have a very good relationship with the children I teach.