Hi Yuyutsu

This thread is not about "luvvies wanting Australia to adopt bits and pieces of aboriginal culture." as a racists like mhaze would say. No its about inclusion, appreciation and acceptance, something a bigoted racist cannot do. Seeing the ads, and reading the garbage put up by the forum haters, one can see why there is still a way to go before true equality is achieved in this country

That's good ol' Paul for ya. He can't mount anything even approaching a logical thought or thought-process. But in the low-evidence world he inhabits, calling someone racist, even without the slightest evidence, is considered a win and the height of logic.

what a berk.

Somehow poor ol' Paul thinks that lauding the achievements of people with some aboriginal blood in western culture proves how great aboriginal culture was. Yeah, I know....makes precisely no sense...but that's poor ol' Paul for ya.

mhaze,

"slightest evidence", the evidence is all over this forum with your anti- aboriginal posts. Provide evidence that "(the) luvvies wanting Australia to adopt bits and pieces of aboriginal culture."

The meaning of ADOPT; choose to take up, follow, or use.

Pointing out that aboriginal society was a stone-age culture, isn't racist....its factual.

Pointing out that aboriginal women were slaves in all but name and were treated as property, isn't racist....its factual.

Pointing out that aboriginal women suffer domestic violence at horrendous rates, isn't racist....its factual.

Pointing out that some aboriginals were cannibals , isn't racist....its factual.

Pointing out that aboriginal society was extremely warlike, isn't racist....its factual.

and so much more.

Turning your gaze elsewhere based on race so as to avoid offending said race is racist.

But poor ol' Paul won't understand that.

Actually Paul, I think it has taken me a while but I think that your
attitude is in fact racist.
It is always you who brings up racism as you have become the prominent racist.

Dear Paul,

The real beauty of this country lies not in trees, seas,
or cassowaries, but in the greatest resource that any
country can have: its people. For is not the story of
Australia the story of the Australian people?

One hopes so. The Australian people define Australia,
create it, represent it and make flesh the aspirations
our young, ambitious nation has had. Without people,
Australia would not be Australia. Every inhabitant adds
something to Australia, makes it more Australian than
it would otherwise be.

Ben Pobjie's book "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie" shows us
that great Australians over the course of history come
from a variety of fields and capacities. They've become
titans of business, legends of sport, giants of science,
colossi of philanthropy, and pigmies of politics.

Australians have led the world in myriad ways, and
weathering inspiring youth, saving lives, they have
done it in a peculiarly Australian way, with a swagger
and style that marks a person out as an inhabitant of
the scientifically determined greatest country on earth.

What we need to do - is acknowledge our history - our
full history and drink in the cool, refreshing inspiration
the former Australians devoted their lives to. Instead of
being selective in what our children are being taught at
school - they need to learn and be taught everything our
country's history entails.

Only then will we really be entitled to proclaim the
joyous cry: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!