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The symbolism isn't bad, but the hypocrisy and cruelty are : Comments

By Megan Davis, published 19/10/2007

The spectacular failure of Howard's 'practical reconciliation', as evidenced by the Northern Territory intervention, has clearly forced a rethink.

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Rubbish claims Australia Constitution imbued with racist intent.

Federation, again 1967, clear intent Australian desire all Australians treated as equals, equals in rights and responsibilities, regardless their racial identification.

Const_s.51(xxvi) races power enabled Commonwealth to control immigration of persons not Australians on grounds of race.

At Federation many Australians concerned employers import cheap labour (British Subjects around world) so to force down our growing living standards.

Responsibility for racial qualification of rights or responsibilities rests with Parliaments passing laws claiming it was lawful to so act.

Far more serious responsibility upon Justices High Court for holding as lawful such racist behaviour.

High Court Justices ignoring their judicial duties, their responsibility to Sovereign Power - the People of Australia, ignoring clear aim vast majority Australians for all Australians be treated equally regardless of their racial ancestry.

People of Australia 1967 voted NOT to widen opportunity for Federal Parliament to practice racism, they voted to extinguish, to ban all claim legislative support to such behaviour.


ALR(NT) amending legislation IF proclaimed will allow Traditional Owners, Aboriginals, anyone living in communities to invite guests into their homes without needing permit, like any other place in Australia.

IF proclaimed will NOT require obtain permit per Land Councils for their family to invite to live with or visit them in their homes.


Warren Snowdon MHR Lingiari plans undo these changes if Labor elected.

Snowdon MHR objects to Traditional Owners, Aboriginals, people obtaining valid leases for their homes, as leases gives them some rights !

Snowdon MHR supports segregation, seperation of familes on racial grounds.

Mal Brough (ABC)
"Let's just allow people to hide behind the permit system. Let's just allow thugs to use it yet again to keep people out, or to threaten people with expulsion."

http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au

Support Human Rights not Racial Rights
Posted by polpak, Friday, 19 October 2007 4:49:43 PM
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Howard or Rudd's words change every now and then in line with their deepening treachery. And now election time is here and the politicians will be 'friends to all people.' Their minders advise them, "throw up some nice rhetoric to catch the votes." Its only words that can be retracted - after the elections. As well, they usually like to disarm people with nice words before their real intentions are unleashed. Labor and Liberal rule through deceit, fear, and intimidation. But the historical record is objective, two hundred years of devastation, oppression, innequality and murderous genocide heaped on aboriginal people - which emerges through different forms.
The recent police-military intervention into the Northern Territory carried out through the suspension of the 1975 Racial Discrimination Act—is a hideous assault on the democratic rights of the Aboriginal people. Its aim is not the well-being of Aboriginal children, but to force communities off potentially lucrative land. To take back from overseas and dump on aboriginal land semi-spent nuclear waste. To force aboriginal workers into a very cheap labor force for the mining and pastoral industries. As well, to set a precedent for slashing welfare for the entire working class.
Posted by johncee1945, Friday, 19 October 2007 5:19:05 PM
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If the Aboriginal people were a more advanced civilisation they would have been more able to cope with the dramatic changes of the last 200 yrs.
Anyone who lives in survival situation has no time for learning or develop civilisation.The reality is that they are a stone age culture and do need special consideration;however is it right to destroy them with sit down money and not insist that they contribute to the mainstream culture in some way?

John Howard's symbolic inclusion of their culture in the constitution was ill timed and pointless.

There is a left wing white hyprocracy in regards to race.In both American and Australian media,there are very few full blooded Black Africans or Aboriginals who represent their race.Most have only a hint of their originality to make them more palitable to a wider audience.

Sydney Portier was one of the few really dark Africans who displayed exceptional talent.The problem for most people of very dark skin is that their facial expressions are very difficult to detect on the screen and we lose the subtle nuances.Hence you will see mostly semi-black skinned people performing on our media.

Life is not fair,but we need to understand the reasons for cultural/genetic differences and accept the harsh reality.
Posted by Arjay, Friday, 19 October 2007 7:08:09 PM
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Arjay: "Sydney Portier was one of the few really dark Africans who displayed exceptional talent.The problem for most people of very dark skin is that their facial expressions are very difficult to detect on the screen and we lose the subtle nuances.Hence you will see mostly semi-black skinned people performing on our media."

Dear oh dear. I guess you'd be offended if I suggested that this is one of the most appallingly and obviously racist opinions I've seen posted in this forum - and that's saying something!

Howard's latest stunts with respect to Indigenous Australians have to be some of the most cynical political backflips we've ever seen in an election campaign. Lowitja's absolutely correct - who'd trust the 'Lying Rodent', as one of his own party described him?

I mean besides people like those who post offensive tripe like that quoted above.
Posted by CJ Morgan, Friday, 19 October 2007 9:44:18 PM
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I view the current NT intervention as flagrant opportunism: mounted by the current Federal Government to provide the images of success: where the Iraq and Afghanistan theatres of war have clearly not delivered.

Howard's latest thoughts will be of historical interest only.

Let's blame the Greens! Why didn't they do something?
Posted by clink, Saturday, 20 October 2007 1:07:54 PM
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Reckon our Aborigines would certainly be far happier if us newer Aussies broke all ties to the still imperialist Brits and gave our deepest apologies to the more dinkum owners of the Great Southland as well as at last granting them as with the NZ Maories permanent non-elected and non-partisan representation in any elected Australian government from now on.

Surely its about time, and reckon any Aussie that does not agree, should be shot back to Britannia or wherever they they relate to.

Cheers - BB, Mandurah, WA.
Posted by bushbred, Saturday, 20 October 2007 1:33:04 PM
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