Dear sonofgolin,

For what it is worth I respect the fact you responded the way you did to Rainer.

In light of it I'm prepared to park 'mean-spirited, ugly, arrogant' but ignorant on this issue probably should stand.

And for the record I did not label you a racist.

That is because I'm assuming you were not aware that Rolf Harris has repeatedly apologised for the lyrics of the song. It was written in 1957 and when it was released in 1960 Harris had made the decision never to use the 'Abo' lines when he sang it in public. The song was actually banned in Singapore because they regarded it so offensive. Here it hit number 1.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/rolf-says-sorry-for-abo-line/story-e6frg6nf-1111112640142

You wrote;

“Consider this Cs, the lyric was put in because I see no difference between first Aussie descendants and those of us who came later. Given that, if it is not insulting to me then it is not insulting to them.”

I invite you to look at the lyrics of the entire song. The stockman was seeing to his possessions. The whole notion that they should go free meant they couldn't without him giving his permission. They were indentured to him, a form of slavery, and were listed along with the other animals.

Of course it is inflammatory and I struggled to understand why you didn't think it would be hurtful.

Dear o sung wu,

I started to prepare a decent reply to you but it is late and I have a stupidly early start ahead of me tomorrow. Please bear with me.

let it simply 'roll off him'
o sung wu,
I fail to believe that he was "hurt" by that remark at all. I believe he saw it as a golden opportunity to add momentum to the presently slowed-down discrimination bandwagon.

individual - I fail to believe that he was "hurt" by that remark at all. I believe he saw it as a golden opportunity to add momentum to the presently slowed-down discrimination bandwagon.

funny you should say that, I was just thinking exactly the same :)

Yo, guys....

I'm sure all of the people here labelling Goode a cry-baby would enjoy going about your business (whatever that may be) doing your best and getting on with it, accompanied by chorus of "ape" and other related epithets.

It must be such fun.

It has now been shown that the entire stadium was screaming Politically Incorrect taunts & Goode picks on a little girl.

Then again he plays AFL & is Victorian. Says it all, doesn't it. ;-)

&, cs, if it was me saying what Rainier said about Aboriginal people then you would be SCREAMING racist at me. By his rants against white folk, Rainier IS a racist. You go girl.

Great, Jayb.....people here are criticising Goode for bringing insulting racist jibes to the attention of the media - and now you wield the "they were all doing it" as some sort of mitigating factor.

Perhaps if we start highlighting this crap, people might find a less offensive way to express their enthusiasm.