Hi SM,

It's called 'confirmation bias' - you put forward some crackpot theory and then search and search for anything which can be interpreted to, however vaguely, back up your theory. And, of course, deny, demonise and denigrate any counter-evidence.

In contrast, the scientific method tries to test theories for defects and weaknesses before tentatively and conditionally accepting them. Karl Popper goes further and suggests that first, one should try to strengthen somebody's theory; then, if it's crap, it will be crap at its STRONGEST point - every theory has weak points and it's no achievement to pull those apart. But a weak theory is weak at its strongest point.

In this case, what evidence is there that Aboriginal people farmed kangaroo grass or yam daisies, when there were hundreds of miles of them growing naturally ? Any fences, to protect valuable crops ? 'Valuable'- when the stuff grows wild (are we allowed to use that word ?) Any digging tools found by archaeologists, or collected by Foxy's 'authorities' ? Any evidence of storage, an essential for farming populations ? Any evidence of permanent farming villages, FARMING villages, like in New Zealand, not just central points for very productive foraging, i.e. hunting and collecting, such as river valleys, but farming ? Any evidence at all of actual farming, as conventionally defined ?

Please don't keep repeating the same old Google stuff, Foxy. We're getting to learn it off by heart and don't believe a word of it - without evidence.

Joe

Joe,

You protest too much, methinks.

Your have no credibility when you choose to
deny something you haven't even read.
You're passing judgement on something you
haven't even read.

But you're not alone in this and there's a
clue in your reductionism. Which others also display
on this forum. It comes from a finely honed media
product packaged and marketed through conservative
franchises around the world - think tanks, right-
leaning media, lobby groups, conservative political
parties, partisan pollsters, and the professional purveyors
of political division who work as political strategists.

Australia's long-running divisions have distorted our
politics and all the related processes of law, governance
and journalism beyond recognition.

We need strong leadership to make amends.

cont'd ...

But that's a totally other discussion.

Loudmouth,
OUCH! You've been told by the best.
You know Loudmouth, I think you might be getting through to her a little.
I think she just might be softening her stance, because her rebut to you was rather softer than some previous ones.
I would take heart Joe, because it shows she listens to you and obviously cares about what you say, so it's not all bad.
You might just be the one to get through and convert her.
Good luck.

Foxy, your last submission was ALL fantasy, and a construct of your own imagination.
'Right leaning media'?
I'm not going to bother bagging the rest as this one alone is enough to render the rest, irrelevant.
Since when have you EVER heard of a RIGHT leaning media?
You refuse to accept that it is you who have no credibility when you try to promote something which leaves one with more questions than answers.
Normally I would state that the truth does not always align with the facts as some would like to portray them.
In this case the facts don't even align with the facts.
My point is again demonstrated in this latest attempt at pushing sh!t up hill.
The only thing that is distorted is your mind and we absolutely do not, no, MUST NOT MAKE AMENDS!
Listen Foxy if your so invested in this clap trap of a fantasy and you enjoy getting off on it so much, then why don't you just do something for them directly and leave the rest of us out of it, because it seems, very much the case that you have a guilty conscience about something you did to the blacks,where-as we, the rest of Australia have no such guilt and therefore no reason to feel inclined to 'make amends'.

ALTRAV,

I won't say what I really think that would be
rude.

So instead I'll ask -

Have you ever heard of - News Corp or Rupert Murdoch?

Or -

The Courier Mail (Brisbane)
Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
Herald Sun (Melbourne)
The Australian (Sydney)
Sky News?

To mention just a few.

What about Alan Jones of Andrew Bolt?

Ring any bells?

Never mind.

You're a lost cause.