Being treated equally and having a say are important. There was objection to elected officials reading a prayer at the start of sittings, but I have less concern with the rules that people choose for themselves than with what is foist on me without consultation. Welcome to country/acknowledgement of country have no compulsion that I am aware of, yet the use of them seems coercive to me, not least as it gives indigenous Australians a special status in a country where we are all supposed to be equal.

Dear Paul,

I'll repeat what I posted earlier.

A lot of work has been done to outline what
the Voice will look like and how it will work.
Despite this some people still insist on
attacking and questioning what the proposal
means. And also bringing in personal attacks.

It's our First Nations people who have called for
a Voice to be put into the Constitution.
The Prime Minister is keeping his election
promise.

http://edu.au/about/strategic-planning/indigenous-voice-to-parliament

Thank you for your concerns about the personal
attacks on me. None of us need to win arguments
with strangers. And we shouldn't care what nasty
things some idiot says about us. I'm frankly too
awesome to play a victim (smile).

As for being called a communist?

That's standard fare from a bad dog. Dogs bark
at strangers. That's what they do. Especially
ill-bred ones.

Not sure how to respond to that accusation?

Should I roll up my sleeve to expose my Hammer
and Sickle tattoo?

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Dear Banjo,

Thank you for your continued rational comments.

They are greatly appreciated.

Foxy adores Marcia Langton for her Communist views to overthrow the Westminster Government [a colonial institution] and replace it with an Unelected Aboriginal Republic. Those that do not want to follow Marcia are stupid Racists. This is part of the guilt industry; you should feel guilty for giving aboriginals such a hard life. They should have full control of their lands, waterways, resources, beaches, all this was stolen from them by the British.

The Communists believe these must be reinstated to give them self determination. Of course, they received no benefits from British settlement.

I listened to Langton this morning on the ABC Radio where she refuted saying so & her explanation come excuse was so,so in the convincing stakes !
I'd let her get away with it this time but her history shows otherwise !

My apologies.

Here is the link again:

http://anu.edu.au/about/strategic-planning/indigenous-voice-to-parliament#

Foxy,

You claim "A lot of work has been done to outline what the Voice will look like and how it will work."

The problem is that none of them are worth the paper they are printed on as it will be decided by the labor party which means it could be anything.