ALTRAV,

Each to his own, as they say. Ignoring works for me. I've been around long enough to know what she is going to say about everything; so, I just sail past her name at the bottom of those ridiculous columnar posts and find something interesting to read. What you say about the complaint is much more interesting than the complaint itself.

Foxy,

you did it again.
I thought you were a fox?
Now I am confused because if you are now saying you're a dog, you've just,...... no I'll just come out and say it, it's pretty obvious.
So then what do we call a female dog?
Yep, you got it.
Anyway back to correcting you yet again.
I think I have to appologise to ttbn, because I think I actually enjoy this, I don't think I have ever engaged in so much futility.
So yes I am a reasonable person, next point.
No you don't get it, whay you continually perport is the world according to Foxy, what I continually state is that your take on the world is wrong.
You use semantics and other peoples comments or opinions, which in any way you look at it is cheating.
You quote someone then dig your heels in as though they, and therefore you, are right.
I rarely present a case, only a challenge to your case.
I continually question comments, I don't sponsor or invest in them like you do, next.
The reason your topic (singular, as that particular topic) is rubbish, is because it was based on your subjective view of the book, the author, and the veracity of the information within.
Where-as I merely question the things you accept at face value, because you WANT to believe and choose to not want to question anything.
I don't recall saying anything about my comments being as white as the driven snow, but I get your drift, and NO, I don't.
What I do is simply question, and sometimes offer an explanation and even the correction.
You have been an impossible commentor, and not a very good team player if only because you refuse to consider that your champions might be wrong, which then in your mind, would imply that you are wrong.
I understand we are all wired the way we are, but I merely ask that you give even the slightest bit of consideration to those who have proven themselves in life, or a particular topic.

ttbn,

Yet here you are still commenting, and
spending hours on the forum.

Who would you have to attack, if I wasn't
around?

Seriously, imagine how dull this forum would
be without me.

You guys might actually have to come up with something
more than just attacks, something of
substance, to show us how not "rusted on" you are in
your ideologies. You might even be forced to have
a genuine discussion. Wow - just imagine that.
Actually, to be frank - I can't.
Continue biting. I'd miss it.

ALTRAV,

Still blathering I see.

I didn't say I was a dog.

You were the one who put me in the "dog-house," I merely
responded with woof, woof.

BTW - you have no idea of who I am, what I have experienced,
or anything about me. I know who I am. You don't.
But one thing's for sure. I am not one-dimensional. There's
a great deal more to me than just this forum. I, also
find it entertaining to say the least.

You should also be aware that among foxy ladies the word
"bi!ch" is not offensive. It's considered a form of praise
of women who aren't door-mats.

Now back to the topic of my take on any subject. All I
will say to you is - when you provide evidence to dispute
what I am saying is wrong, then I shall be happy to continue
this conversation. Until then your rants, and blather
don't interest me. Especially your passing judgements on
books you have not read or on subjects that you know nothing
about.

As you were.

And now it's the Aboriginal Flag and who can use it, which is upsetting many of the perpetually-aggrieved. A group in Victoria is calling for the copyright over the Aboriginal Flag, originated and owned by Harold Thomas, to be taken from him and made available free to Aboriginal groups, for clothing, ear-rings, underwear, etc. - that his intellectual property rights can be over-ruled in favour of Aboriginal groups.

Would some aggrieved working-class group take Jimmy Barnes to court to get rights to his song 'Working Class Man' and his book royalties for 'Working Class Boy' ? Of course not: he has the intellectual property rights to those creations.

So how could anyone think they can take those rights away from an Aboriginal man ? Because, their warped thinking might go, he's only a Blackfella ? He doesn't have the same rights as whitefellas ?

But of course, he does: he designed the Aboriginal Flag, as a symbol of a united Indigenous population. He's taken out the copyright on it. It's his property. He can license its use to whoever he likes.

Doesn't racism pop up in strange places ?

Joe

Saw some pictures in the ABC articles about the Northern Indigenous meeting happening at this time. I was utterly amazed at the transformation the Australian indigenous are undergoing. There were seven rather light-skinned grown ups & one little black child. So, finally after 60,000 years something's happening !