Paul wrote: "Interesting that Jacinta Price delivered he address in a "broom closet" at the National Press Club, and not in the usual larger venue, which can seat a decent sized audience, seems they didn't need the space,"

As usual Paul, rather than check things out, makes stupid assumptions. Price was in the smaller room because, the National Press Club claimed, the larger room was under renovation. Now some less forgiving than I might think it passing strange that the large room was available for Langton but then immediately placed under renovation so that Price couldn't use it. Nothing to see here, we all know the Press is completely unbiased on these things....</sarc>

Dear Paul,

Jacinta Price's comments clearly fly in the face
of whole generations of history that tell us a totally
different story. It's a shame that it has come to this
The no campaign has sown fear and division across the
country. We need to stay positive.

Speaking about personal attacks?

The personal attacks on this Forum
are quite frankly worthless. Anonymous insults hold no
value. Hiding behind anonymity to attack others is a
cheap and ugly act of cowardice. Banjo Paterson shows
us how a rational person should react - in a civilised,
dignified manner.

Of course when someone wants to put you in jail, or
have you deported and puts derogatory false labels onto you -
they can be reported to the Moderator or legal action can be taken.
However be sure to document the attacks.

If you react (when the right buttons are pushed) -
it will always be your fault never theirs. So
the best thing to do is to simply ignore those disgraced
people who have no credibility and whose posting records
speak for themselves - and either move on, or leave
the Forum all together - as many have done and undoubtedly
will continue to do.

In the meantime:

I DO HAVE A BELIEF

Most Australians want a nation
Where ALL Australians can rejoice
We need to grant our First Nations people
The right to have their own Voice

This is something that needs to happen
And we Aussies should work as one
It will take a united effort
But it's something that must be done!

Hi Foxy,

"Tony Nutt, the former federal director of the Liberal party and chief of staff to John Howard, has dismissed as “nonsense” and “bunkum” arguments against the Indigenous voice to parliament, a position at odds with the party and the former leader he served for a decade

“It’s just, it’s practical, and it’s constitutionally safe,” he told a Liberal-dominated Wentworth for the Voice forum in Sydney’s east on Tuesday."

Its always been the case with some indigenous leadership, the Uncle Tom types, that if they demonstrated a sycophantic appeasement attitude towards the powerful aggressive coloniser that in some mistaken belief, their people would benefit, or at the very least remain unmolested by the aggressor. History shows this is not the case, and the coloniser will dispense with them as soon as their usefulness has been used up.

I know this to be the case in America, where some native tribes sided with the colonisers in the hope they would be unmolested by the new comers, but they were wrong, once the benign tribes had out lived their usefulness to the colonisers they were dispensed with, just like the belligerent tribes were.

Wow, Paul goes there.

Calls people like Price and Mundine, Uncle Toms.

Now that's racist.....but Paul won't understand why.

mhaze,

"Wow, Paul goes there.

Calls people like Price and Mundine, Uncle Toms.

Now that's racist.....but Paul won't understand why."

Provide evidence or withdraw, correct the record, I mentioned no one by name in my post, that makes you a liar and a racists with your reply, you are an idiot to assume otherwise. YOU name Price and Mundine, you must believe they fit my description of 'Uncle Toms". I don't believe so, Lidia Thorpe is on the same side of the ledger as the two YOU named, does that make Lidia an "Uncle Tom" as well?

"Its always been the case with some indigenous leadership, the Uncle Tom types"

....

"indigenous leadership".

If not Mundine and Price then who are these leaders you think are Uncle Tom's? I note you're not denying the term is racist.