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This could be construed as racial vilification, "racism is when indigenous defend one of their own no matter what he did" Indi is that what ALL Aboriginal people do? Only if you say so. Now this is the vilification part "Of course others do that also (sop, sop) but at least their majority condemns the deed & not defend the perpetrator on grounds of race." By default you are saying the majority of Aboriginal people do not condemn wrong doing in their own people because it is a negative racial trait in Aboriginal people to defend wrong doing in their own people. Indi, that is absurd as you have no evidence that the majority of Aboriginal people for any reason defend the wrong doing of their own race. Simply a bit of racial vilification.

is that what ALL Aboriginal people do?
Paul1405,
Of course not all but the greater majority do react that way. I know that from personal experience after living in remote communities for 34 years, 35 nearly now.
As an example, when you have an indigenous being aggressive for the sake of being aggressive towards a non-indigenous then his people condemn him openly. When that agressive fellow then hits a non-indigenous his people condemn it. If the non-indigenous then hits back then his people turn on the non-indigenous without fail. Their loyalty is with their own even if they're wrong. That's not a racist accusation no nothing, it's merely how it works. How do I know ? I have witnessed it quite a few times.
I say the same about my won race which has more morons than I can poke a stick at but in our race we condemn the deed not the race. That is my point. If you want to bleat racism I can't stop you but let me tell you that you'd be totally morally wrong.

We already have laws in relation to defamation, slander, libel and incitement to violence.

In what ways are they so inadequate as to justify the retention of Section 18 ?

In what ways does that Section strengthen civil liberties without infringing on one of those liberties, the right of free expression [see first sentence] ?

Joe

I am happy to be labelled racist by christophobic haters of everything decent. The fact i have more african,phillipino,chinese,aboriginal,European friends than them comforts me that their use of language is deceitful and pathetic. Sell of the abc. It is only the smirking chattering class who embraces such inaccuracies

Indi, you talk in terms of "the majority" what majority? More than 50% of the 1%. Then you get the person who cloaks racism in some kind of mystical national pride. The "OUR WAY OF LIFE" and "OUR PEACE LOVING WAYS" Then on the other side of the equation is the "ways of radical ethnic groups, AND LAYABOUTS who's life mission is to instil hurt onto others". Then the ultimatum is delivered "THIS IS AUSTRALIA, LOVE IT AND LOVE US AND OUR WAYS, OR LEAVE"

According one group of white supremacists this is what you should be doing;

1. Take public transport, avoid taxis driven by foreigners.
What do you do if the bus is driven by one of those dreaded foreigners? Walk.

2. Cook at home, on the BBQ, avoid foreign take aways, shops, restaurants. What, live on 'Skippy' burgers and gum leaves.

3. Don’t learn a foreign language – improve your English skills. Does that include not going to the opera as they might be singing in Italian or some other disgusting foreign lingo. Heaven forbid, how else are we going to listen in to their evil plotting and scheming jf we don't, learn the lingo.

4. Buy from Australians only. Does Woolies and Coles have check-outs with Aussie people serving, the "Aussie Only" isle With my trolly full of Vegemite, Arnotts Biscuits and Brill Cream, for that slick back look

Paul1405,
You're not interested in discussing reality, you're deliberately crap-stirring. How about some integrity ?