In regard to Aboriginal forest fire management I am wrong.

thinkabit & davidf,
I think you're both right. My view is that it is the logic & common & practical sense that plays the main role here. In that, the Aborigines definitely triumphed over the bureaucrats of late.
Yes, modern knowledge is great but much of it is pointless when there's no wisdom & in fact does even more harm than the wisdom of early man.
Is there really 60,000 years of 'culture' ? The presence of homo erectus does not automatically translate into culture.
Early man wouldn't have had the time to play, they would have been to busy feeding & defend themselves. So-called culture would not have made an appearance until much, much more recently. Many people confuse & make the mistake of calling basic existence culture.
There are animals that pic up a stick or a rock & sing & dance but is that culture ?
I think culture developed thousands of years after the emergence of mankind & has reached its peak a 100 years ago & now is in the declining stage !

Dear individual,

One of the meanings of the word, culture, is the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society.

Every society has culture in that sense.

Here is a link that also explains things rather
well:

http://welcomet0country.org/9-lessons-australia-learn-aboriginal-people/

It's worth a read.

Also as the final sentence tells us:

"It's also important to note that there are a lot more
than just 9 lessons that can be learned from our people;
there are thousands."

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Cont'd ...

Darn - my eyesight.

Sorry for the typo - here's the link again:

http://welcometocountry.org/9-lessons-australia-learn-aboriginal-people/

Hi Foxy,

Sadly, for the Forum haters to admit there is value in Aboriginal culture, then they would be admitting there is value in Aboriginal people. Any such admission goes against their belief that all benefits of mankind, and they can only speak of material benefits, is the result of European superiority. This all plays into their narrative of justification for the genocide and brutalisation of indigenous people the world over.

I must sound harsh and unforgiving, my wife tells me I am, but that's how I feel. I say to her look at the crimes the Pakeha committed against your people? She will say, yes, we mustn't forget, but we must move on for a better life for the moko's and all the tamariki's (childern) of tomorrow. I do agree with that, but you can't have a future if you don't truly recognise the past.