The intensity and longevity of this topic illustrates to us all, the question of Racism in this country is still alive and flourishing, with neither side prepared to concede an inch.

In fact, if this small, insignificant nation of ours prevails for another couple of century's or so, entrenched Racism will still reign supreme, despite much of the optimism as espoused by Leibniz's doctrine ?

However, for this tired, muddle headed old man, as the yanks say 'I'm done', my thoughts and opinions are now totally spent. So I'll bid you all, a good night, both literally and figuratively.

Pelican,

Sorry I missed your earlier post to me (amidst the blizzard on offer from our friends)

It's good to see you back here.

Re: your point:

"If you disagree with the ultra-right wingers you are Marxist, feminist who doesn't care about children and who drinks chardonnay(or is it lattes). Or something like that. It gets a bit confusing."

Yes....how perceptive of you - and an excellent summing up, I might add.

The only thing you left out is that you might also be friends with Muslims (which of course might cramp your style with the chardonnay - but what the hell:)

Dear individual,

Do you really expect anyone of us to take your
comments seriously about your trying to
have an influence on Poirot, myself, and anyone else
who happens to have a different opinion to yourself?

You, who can merely come up with one-liners and
who seems to have an obsessive fear of academics
or anyone else with any kind of tertiary qualification.
In order to be taken seriously or to be able to
influence anybody - you'd have to say something
intelligent.

And that hasn't happened thus far.

However do keep trying.

To the thread's original point... "A very close non-Aboriginal friend recently bought a black dog and called it Jigga Boo."

The naming of the dog may not have been racist. The refusal to rename the dog was arguably so.

Without question though, she did not act as a close-friend would.

merely come up with one-liners
Lexi,
for normal people with some sense one liners are usually sufficient to get it. You lot require explanations which would exceed the 350 word OLO limit.

Lexi: [Indy] who seems to have an obsessive fear of academics or anyone else with any kind of tertiary qualification.

I guess I qualify for that team too, Lexi & gladly so. I really don't know any Sociologist who has demonstrated an ounce of brain in 50 odd years. They get all their learning from a book written buy some academic who, read a book, & so on & so on down through the ages.

The only experience they have had is in dealing only with the type of problem they deal with & usually had that type of problem themselves to start with. The only people they socialize with are people who have that same problem. Therefore the entire world revolves around "their" particular social problem. They never look outside their small, small world & see that the rest of the world just isn't like that at all.

I have had some experience in observing this type of behaviour by Sociologists, most of whom have exhibited some form of mental disorder. Primarily women for some reason.

I see the same type of behaviour occurring in this thread.

I met a charismatic preacher once. One of the Wave your arms shouting “Jesus” type. He told me that anyone that didn’t belong to his brand of Baptist Ministry & continually shout Jesus name was a; Thief, Alcoholic, Wife bashers, Druggie, fornicator, murderer & sinner of the very worst order, & that was everybody. I found out later that he had been the NSW Police Pastor for 40 years & recently retired. His beat (parish) for 40 years, Kings Cross. Go figure. I have seen a similar story from all the Academic Sociologists I have ever met & I’ve known a few.

Academic Sociologists are mostly full of S#!t. Strangely they seem to be mostly Greenies & advocates of Political Correctness. Therefore, definitely full of S#!t.