Armchair Critic,

In the early days of white settlement in this country, we had Afghan Cameleers to whom we owe a great debt of gratitude. The were critically important in opening up this country.

Hi WhiteMouse,

Thank you.
Although, I've got so much on my plate at the moment.
What with my health problems, my grandchildren, a
husband who's got early dementia and other health problems.
But , I shall look into it. I appreciate your taking an
interest in me and trying to help.

I also admire your concern for our Indigenous people.

We need more like you.

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Talking about Woke Marxism?

I found this on the web:

"Right-wingers often characterize wokeism as a kind of
Marxism and left-wingers routinely dimiss the
characterisation as a cheap smear that reflects ignorance of
Marxist theory".

Who is right?

http://catholicworldreport.com/2024/04/25/what-is-the-relationship-between-wokeism-marxism-and-liberalism/

My apologies. I put the wrong date in. Here's the
link again:

http://catholicworldreport.com/2023/04/25/what-is-the-relationship-between-wokeism-marxism-and-liberalism/

I may get criticism because I used the Catholic World
Report as a source. It is characterised as a
conservative publication. However - the publication has
an excellent record for accuracy. It's veen a vocal
critic of clerical sex abuse, of corruption within the
church since early 1990s.

It's worth a read.

Wishing you all good health, peace, and happiness.

And delicious food!

ttbn- Merry Christmas to you in Adelaide.
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Thanks Foxy for the report it looks better than some I've seen.

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Regarding WhiteMouse...

Unless we recognize and respect them, we are not truly Australian. I believe that in local areas of indigenous groups, schools should teach the archaeology, social history and language of these people.

Posted by WhiteMouse, Tuesday, 24 December 2024 3:21:04 PM

I believe in respecting those that show respect. I cannot respect a culture that is complicit for example- in the anal rape of 13 year old girls. If their culture believes in such practices I will minimize my interaction with it, and I will say what they do is wrong, in my society. I won't tell such a society that these practices are wrong, but I'll tell my society that accepting them means accepting their culture and practices. Such societies cannot interact and maintain their integrity.

Also respect means keeping your hands off other peoples property. There is the classic thieve's maxim- "what's your's is mine and what's mine is mine".

There are societies that have stable policies, and there are societies that are unstable, stability is not free, we must create it (the same with freedom- what ever that means).

Of course we should try to record the stories of all cultures, within reason of cost/ effort/ etc, even if it is as Balthasar Gracian says "to remember what we shouldn't do".

Interesting that WhiteMouse believes he can speak for all Australian's.

I find that Marxist's and their Academic masters try to deconstruct societies by getting them to naively interact with incompatible cultures.

As Bob Whittacker said- it's all about giving the academics the power.

As Aristotle said- academic abstraction is not the source of truth, experimentation is.

Ayn Rand seemingly agrees with Aristotle, and favoured engineers over arts graduates.

But university professors like clean offices rather than dirty laboratories.

Sometimes those with the cleanest hands have the dirtiest minds.