cont'd ...

Dear Big Nana,

What does this cruel act by this callous person
have to do with what other Aborigines may
have done - when in this particular case -
Aboriginal elders and many others in that region
have condemned this police-officers actions?

Aboriginals use to hunt for their food? No, can't be.

Weren't we reliably informed a month or two ago that aboriginals were such wonderful farmers (best the world's seen), that they had haystacks of seed higher than an elephant's eye (apologies to Oscar Hammerstein) and feasted on eel a l'orange every night - or something like that.

So clearly they weren't running around killing wombats and the such like. Conversely the stories about their wondrous farming skills were a tad overblown.

Aboriginals wiped out all the mega-fauna on the continent. Seems only right that they've moved onto the not-quite mega-fauna.

mhaze,

I don't have the energy to be kind to you today.

I wish you were a pinata.

Hi Nana

when truth was traded for narrative you end up with Foxy type responses whenever truth is presented. Somehow she has not worked out that denial does not change history.

Foxy, you need to learn the difference between aboriginal people and aboriginal culture. There are many many aboriginal people I absolutely adore, and not just the ones descended from me either.
Like ever other race they have great people, ordinary people and people I wouldn’t pass the time of day with.
But aboriginal culture is a very different issue. Traditional people before settlement had to live in what we would call a savage, cruel world, just as our white ancestors did.
Practises like child brides, wife beating and killing, infanticide, sorcery, cannibalism etc
evolved as forms of survival in a very harsh environment and there was no room for sentiment at all.
But those days are long gone and these cruel practises are no longer necessary and we should not be condoning any of them under the label of “ culture”. None of these practises are necessary in this age of welfare and social care and anyone who wishes to retain these skills should have to do as someone has already suggested, using traditional tools. And no traditional aboriginal ever wasted precious energy and time killing an animal they didn’t eat.
And you are wrong, I do talk about those aboriginal people who are doing well, getting educated, starting their own businesses, caring for their kids etc.

Also Foxy, when you speak of aboriginal “elders” you are meaning almost white people who forgot how to hunt traditionally several generations ago. Ask an elder from a remote top end community if he found this action cruel and he would laugh at you.