ALTRAV,

A 'broken record' is a good description of her. 'Petulant child' also rings true. A broken record should be discarded; it can't be fixed.

Anyone who counts the number of responses she gets to her posts would be better off on Facebook where 'I ams' and the immature apparently value 'likes'. Of course, there is a way to put a stop to that nonsense on a civilised site like OLO: don't respond; don't read; don't encourage. We all know what regulars think about everything, and nothing is going to change. Anyone who seriously thinks they have the ability to change society should be in politics or contacting politicians on a regular basis. This is just a but of fun. It would be more fun, with more posters, if certain people didn't take themselves so seriously and think that they had the power to change people's minds.

Dear Big Nana,

No one is suggesting a return to the Stone Age,
or to have human sacrifices, or the return to the
high human cost that the building and maintenance
of the British Empire entailed. Of course I believe
that our Indigenous people should be able to be
part of this country on an equal basis.
That is precisely why I have argued for and
support a fairer relationship with
our First Nations of this land by giving them a voice
in Parliament and recognising the true history of their
past.

I strongly support the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
I believe that they should have a guaranteed say in
the laws and policies about their affairs so that they
can take responsibility. The current system is not working
and reform is necessary. It presents a
way through Indigenous engagement without transferring
power to the High Court.

BTW: My quoting from Randy McDonald was because the point
he was making that any evaluation of the British colonial
system in Australia needed to take two perspectives into
account. One from the non-Aboriginal point of view and the
other from the Aboriginal point of view. I thought that
this was a valid arguments - hence I quoted him.

ttbn,

You advise ALTRAV, -" don't respond, don't read, don't
encourage." Yet you can't resist to continue to bite.

And this from you who's called me all sorts of derogatory
names, from a neo-communist, to a feminazi, and worse.
So now being described as merely a "petulant child" is
flattering, coming from you.

Counting the number of responses on my other discussion was
in reply to ALTRAV's claim that the topic was rubbish,
and that no one was interested in it. The number of responses
was (and still is) clear evidence to the contrary.

My aim in all the time I have been on this forum is not to
try to change people's minds but simply to present information
and have people make up their own minds. Of course it
doesn't work for those whose minds are rusted on, to their
comfortable ideologies.

Foxy,
you know, you're a classic.
A classic what, I don't know, but you project an attitude that does not bode well with reasonable people.
You say you merely present information, and yet you then say that some people 'who's minds are rusted on to their comfortable ideologies'.
Does that sound like someone who is just presenting facts?
I on the other hand am not one who is rusted in any way, so I cannot be influenced nor can I influence anyone.
But unlike you, I will challenge a falsehood, you will promote it, and with such fervour and conviction too, it's almost eerie, (but entertaining) to witness.
Oh, and BTW, I'm not letting you try to wriggle out of your latest pho-par, ie; your topic IS rubbish and until you accept that and that the high number of postings were due to your inability to stop preaching bull, you remain tainted and a marked person of questionable relevance, such that your comments and any topics you author will be treated with a large degree of skepticism and doubt.
This appears to be the current view of your status on OLO, and it would seem that until you atone for your attitude and indiscretions, you will remain in that commentors 'doghouse'.

ttbn,
I know, sorry can't help myself.
I know you told me to ignore her, BUT!
I just cannot let wrongens' get away without being told, so they can't say, 'I didn't know'.
The reason I condone the continual scrutinee and following responses to such people is because slowly other commentors begin to see the flaws and faults, and slowly they are exposed and seen for what the really are or what they really stand for or believe in.
If someone had brought down Hitler, what a different world it would be today.
I'm not saying for the better or maybe worse, but the people would not have to listen to his tripe and evil ambitions.
Foxy's not quite in that league, but never-the-less I would hope you would concur with my evaluation and assessment of her and her antics.

ALTRAV,

You have just proven my point.

Thank You.

cont'd ...

ALTRAV,

Just a few more thoughts to "entertain."

You say that MY attitude does not bode well
with "reasonable people." I assume you place
yourself in that category.

You tell me that you are allowed to challenge falsehoods.
(my doing it makes me unreasonable - I get it).

You indicate that you're not a rusted on in your ideologies
yet you continue to tell me my discussion topic is
"rubbish"and my views are tainted (yet yours are as pure
as the driven snow). And, finally, you say that my
status on this forum is in the "dog-house."

Taking all that into account - what else is there for me
to do but laugh out loud (you're right it is entertaining)
and say -

"WOOF, WOOF!"