cont'd ...

Dear Joe,

I've just realised that you asked about whether I
had any positive feelings towards Lithuanians,
Russians or any other ancestral homelands?

Of course I do. My ancestry has given me a culture
that I've inherited and it's something that I
maintain through my values, traditions, language,
song, dance, music, literature, even food,
and of course - contacts.

BTW: I should add - that I've also encountered
some amazing people in my journey through life.
They have helped shape me into the person I have
become and still hope to be. I enjoy inter-acting
with people who
open my mind. Such as yourself. :-)

Dearest Foxy,

Some icing !

Yes, we keep the (mostly) positive aspects of our heritages, whether they be Irish, or Maori, or Mexican, or Italian - or Indigenous (usually at a much finer-grained level based on region and country). And those affections can only enrich Australia as a whole.

Love,

Joe

Spot on Joe, few indigenous people are 100% anything, jut like the rest of us. My own wife identifies as indigenous Maori, but will happily say she has other mixed blood. By language, culture and tradition she identifies herself that way, and that is what she and others see her as. DNA testing would show us all as being of various mixes, but that is not important, it is what we and others identify us as that counts. Thanks for that clarity, hopefully ALTRAV will understand what you said and appreciate what determines a person to be Aboriginal.

You know what?
I just realised the only person conforming to OLO is Nicknamenick.
He writes absolute rubbish/gibberish, but at least he knows it.
When you people stop patting each other on the back for NO reason what-so-ever, you may want to consider that your responses to my comments are either mockery or deflections and do not provide any tangible justifications for your stance.
Joe,I understand your comments within your last post, but you are using emotion based reasoning not actual genetic or physical examples.
I will not relent in my continual push for the real aborigine as opposed to a perceived one, or self ingratiating ones, as on OLO.
I will not cede to the views expressed by a few with emotional attachments to the topic.
I am always objective in my opinions, where-as those of you who wrongly believe in this flawed view hold a subjective stance, so then because my view has no external or emotional influences, it stands to reason I am right.
As usual, no-one bothered to actually read my comments, because you would actually agree with them, such as what you all are guilty of is 'confirmation bias', but because that ruins your case I guess it was more convenient to pretend it was not in the text.
People if your going to argue with or use misnomers as the basis of your reasoning, I'm sorry, that definitely won't fly.
If your a little rusty on the word, google it, and the others too.
If anyone wishes to respond,please do so with an objective attitude, or your response will be moot.
I rest my case your honour!

Nothing like meaning what you say.

//I've (ALTRAV) had enough fun for one topic, and the rhetoric is causing nausea, like the merry-go-round.
This is where I get off and wait for another topic to 'ride'.//

Hasn't stop positing on this tread since. Says things for the sake of saying them.

What our Indigenous people need in life
is to be inspired to think that anything is possible.
They need inspiration to not always stick to "what is"
but to look beyond that to "what can be."

The young need reminding that the only real limitations
to accomplishing whatever it is they want to accomplish
or to be whatever they want to be - is themselves and
their way of seeing things.

They don't need negatives or to be told how unimportant
they and their achievements are. What they need is
inspiration and role models, and to believe that
anything is possible. That the only people who can put
them down is themselves. It is so much better to reach
for the stars than continue to stay down -
simply because some blowhard tells them they don't
deserve it or that they don't matter.