ALTRAV,

I don't purposely deflect and distort the truth as you claim.
I do make occasional mistakes
as mhaze has gleefully pointed out, but I try to
present facts and give my sources.

What you need to do instead of blathering on about something
that you seem to be obsessed with is recognise the fact that
if people were not at all interested in this topic they
would not bother or care to respond. Yet they have done
and continue to do. You included.

As for questions and attacks. They have always been, and
certainly currently are, part of this forum. They occur
in many discussions as we all know. However usually with
less responses than this current discussion has attracted.

Anyway, instead of continuing to come on here and offer
nothing of any substance apart from your usual rants,
(wearing ever so thin) how about you put your money
where your mouth is and show us all your "truth".

Start a discussion and impress us all. Lets see how
many will be interested in your subject and how many
responses you get, and how you conduct yourself.

The stage is yours.

We'll all be waiting.

cont'd ...

ALTRAV,

BTW - your comment to Is Mise about the Judges in the
NSW Premier's Literary Awards is wrong. I have personally
had dealings with the awards and know how difficult it is
to even have any work short-listed. There are so many
categories and so much to choose from. The standards are
incredibly high. Also there are huge sums of money
involved as prizes and no judge would risk their
professional reputation to "run with the pack." as you
suggest.

Foxy,
OH well, if you say so, I guess we'll just take your word for it and leave it at that.
As for starting my own discussion, I did many many moons ago.
Hang on if, as you say, you have been on OLO for decades, you should have come across my topics.
The sad truth Foxy, is that I have never sought to be in the spotlight, like some, I don't believe I am up to the task of selecting random topics worthy of discussion,that's why there are people like yourself who feel they have something to say and do so with annoying regularity.
So I know I'm not up to the task.
I am more than happy and busy enough keeping up with those few topics I do find interesting.
Actually, it's not that I find a topic interesting, but more the case that I find the facts or the direction to be wrong, and so it is that I stop to familiarise myself with it, and if confirmed I will enter the conversation.
So don't worry Foxy, I would not dare to undermine the "Doyen of the Forum".
You are more than any man can handle with your line of reasoning, so I have more than enough on my hands keeping you in line.
Oh and once more I remind you that this topic is as boring as they come, but for the fact you keep creating reasons for people to keep coming back to correct you, and THAT is the real reason this moronic, boring, irrelevant and questionable topic, has gone on for so long.
So don't kid yourself, take away all the postings that are challenging you trying to perpetuate a LIE, and you will find it to be nothing worth crowing about.

Here's the link to what I've been reading about 'Dark Emu'
http://www.dark-emu-exposed.org/home/2016/2/8/midnight-sunflowers-py745

Are they telling the truth or is it all lies?

It's got to be one or the other as they are diametrically opposites.

They say that Bruce Pascoe is selective in his quotes and deliberately misleading as well in that he uses illustrations where they are inappropriate and puts words into 'quotes' that aren't there in the originals.

Foxy,

You've got the book, please put us right.

Here's a bit on Bill Gammage.

http://eastgippsland.net.au/news/bill-gammage-and-the-white-fella-myth-of-aboriginal-burning/

ALTRAV,

You refer to me as the "Doyen of the Forum?"
then you say youy have a full time job of
"Keeping me in line?"
Then you tell me that this discussion is boring
(and yet you're still here?). And your rant goes
on.

I think that you are somewhat confused, disoriented,
and delusional.

You're arguing with yourself.

Is Mise,

I would prefer you made up your own mind on the book
after you read it.