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Terra Nullius

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Hi Mr Opinion,

Well, no, not any more, and not in a paid capacity for around twenty years. As a free agent, I can please myself what I study and write about. Christ, nobody would employ me anyway :)

So you've been a student of various fields ? Would that include any actual hands-on experience of real people ? Aboriginal people ? You've been to Aboriginal funerals ? Weddings ? Football games ? Or am I verging too much towards the 'University of Life' ? Sorry :)

Cheers,

Joe
Posted by Loudmouth, Monday, 4 April 2016 10:35:08 AM
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Jayb wrote "there are those on here who "might/will be" be offended by suggesting that the Aboriginal Peoples were "Stone age." Even if they really were/are."

Its not (necessarily) a derogatory term. Just a statement of fact. They had no metallurgy and all implements were made of wood and stone. QED.

Pre-European Australia wasn't alone in failing to discover metallurgy but it remains more than a little curious that no group over that extensive period worked out how to manipulate metals. Then again, some aboriginal groups had even forgotten how to make fire so perhaps its not so curious.

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"I read about it in a news article posted online. "

Suuuure Mr O. We all believe you. Now go away and let the adults talk....there's a good boy.
Posted by mhaze, Monday, 4 April 2016 11:47:09 AM
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Mr O: then why is it that one needs a degree in medicine to be a doctor but one does not need a degree in engineering to be an engineer?

Excuse me. I know us Engineering Tradespeople like to give our Engineers a bit of Stick every-now-an-again. They do have a Degree, in Paperwork at least.

Mr. O: (outside of working in engineering which I absolutely abhor)

Oh, I can just imagine you saying that, an it gave me sucht a giggle Ducky. ;-)

Hazie: Its not (necessarily) a derogatory term. Just a statement of fact. They had no metallurgy and all implements were made of wood and stone. QED.

Well, you know that & I know that & he/she knows that, it just apparently not Politically Correct to mention it in Polite Circles. You know what I mean. Some people "might" even cry. ;-)
Posted by Jayb, Monday, 4 April 2016 1:00:48 PM
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Mr Opinion is saying he can call himself an 'engineer' without the necessary qualifications and professional recognition.

Similarly he can in his own lunchtime be an 'anthropologist', 'sociologist' or Peter Pan. Or even warring factors of the lot!

Dreams in the bottom of a glass.

Of course there are those with intellect and through very hard work have turned their dreams into reality and are constantly working to improve our lives. Good on them! They are highly valued, much appreciated and many are underpaid.
Posted by onthebeach, Monday, 4 April 2016 1:11:01 PM
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Sodomologist. Now there is a new word. :-)
Posted by Jayb, Monday, 4 April 2016 1:21:35 PM
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Goodness gracious! I get the impression that every second person on The Forum OLO is an engineer.

When I started out in engineering in the early 70s I estimated that only about 30% of engineers had degrees. Today that has been reversed to the point where I would say that about 70% of engineers have degrees.

What engineers with degrees want people to believe is that only engineers with degrees have the right to be called engineers. Sorry fellas (and the 10% of you who are women) that just doesn't hold water because what you do can't be put in the same category as the roles in which a degree is a must.
Posted by Mr Opinion, Monday, 4 April 2016 1:37:05 PM
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