Nice to read another perspicacious comment from Leigh. That it was in affirmative response to the boofheaded comment by the aptly-named Hasbeen only increases its capacity to enlighten us about his attitudes to Indigenous Australians.

It's people like Leigh and Hasbeen who are the biggest problem facing Aboriginal people in Australian society. The lumbering machinations of State judicial systems that produce conspicuously unjust decisions - like those of the Qld DPP in this instance - only persist where ignorant uninterest is perceived to be dominant in the electorate.

In this instance, there appears to be some hope for justice precisely because enough fair-minded people made enough noise that Beattie had to act. Fortunately, those who hold outmoded racist ideas about Aboriginal people still appear to be very much in the minority, despite the intensity of their bleatings in forums such as this.

Another problem with the undoubtedly unjust judicial system as far as aboriginals in most of Australia is concerned, is that it gives those who have no desire to help themselves get out of the disadvantaged position that they are in, any incentive to do anything to better themselves.

While the majority of the white community has a good deal of sympathy for the aboriginals, it seems that a large number of police and related law enforcement agencies do not share that compassion. I suspect that is because the ones who have to deal with the problems first hand, are not viewing the situation through rose coloured glasses.

Those who have never lived in aboriginal areas, as I have, do not really have a handle on the day to day problems faced by each side.

CJ Morgan,

So, it’s people like Hasbeen and me who are the “biggest problem” facing aboriginals.

Wow! What powerful people we must be. Particularly when you claim that there are more people like you than there are like us.

We also have the problem of “ignorant uninterest” – you could have used the correct “disinterest” instead of wasting time looking up “perspicacious” to impress we ignorant people. Do you leave your spell check off?

You “bleatings in forums such as this” clearly demonstrate that you are a very confused person who is always tripping himself up.

"Another problem with the undoubtedly unjust judicial system as far as aboriginals in most of Australia is concerned, is that it gives those who have no desire to help themselves get out of the disadvantaged position that they are in, any incentive to do anything to better themselves".

I was wondering when this one would emerge, its one of about 20 racist explanations that get trotted out when the going gets tough for redneck discussing Aboriginal affairs.

Years ago my standard response to this one is to begin asking the proponents of these types of comments to consider what it would be like to live and breathe my peoples immediate history and political challenges. But it always failed. Why? Well its because they know they don't have to, will never have to and from this white privileged position they can declare anything they want.

This is after what racism is - an inability to understand ones privilege and to blame others without any self reflection at all. Then it dawned on me, its not about us but about themselves, their own sense of lack, their own bloody failure to succeed, be loved or regarded as special.

They loath it when people they consider to be of a lower specie to actually do better than themselves.

So now I simply ask them why they have not succeeded as much as me or many other Aboriginal people..

Dear VK3AUU and Leigh – why are you both such dismal failures? I really want to know how you didn’t develop into much more humane and successful people. Seriously, I want to know why?

Rainier

Read

http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha8.htm

VK3AUU,

Read some articles here,(if you can). Guess which one I wrote! (yes, its an academic journal)

http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/issues/vol3no2.html