Hi Foxy,

Have ordered Sarah Maddison's ; 'The colonial fantasy : why white Australia can't solve black problems'

Should be a good read. As I said before Brisbane Library is one of the best community libraries in Australia, got so much.

Old Issy should tell us about his exploits in Korea where thousands of innocent women were raped and murdered 1950/53.

Still biting.

Dear Paul,

Well done!

I'm so glad to hear that Brisbane has such an excellent
library service. It will be great to hear what you think
of Prof. Maddison's book.

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ttbn,

Thank you for suggesting that I change my moniker from Foxy to
Fishy.

What a co-incidence! One of my favourite children's picture
books is - "The Rainbow Fish."

As Wikipedia will tell you:

"It's drawn and written by Swiss author and illustrator
Marcus Pfister and translated into English by J. Alison James.
The book is best known for its message about generosity,
sharing, and friendship and for the distinctive shiny foil scales
of the Rainbow Fish."

It was a very popular book during my Storytime Sessions for
the Tiny Tots at our Regional Municipal Librairies.
My grand-children loved it as well.

Herr Goebbels,
Reference?
Which rifle do you miss the most, the single shot Lithgow or the Model 12 ?

ttbn,

I think it's only fair seeing as you suggested a
change to my moniker on this forum from Foxy to Fishy,
that I return the favour.

My suggestion for changing your moniker is - from TTBN
to TTFN.

TTFN - is an initialism for a colloquial valediction,
"ta ta for now." based on "ta ta" an informal "goodbye."

We're told that that expression came to prominence in the UK
during the Second World War.

There's more at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TTFN

I think it would suit you to a T.

Dear Is Mise,

Steadfastly refusing to answer a simple question? Really bloody typical of your lot.

Anyway I have had a look at the lewd Quadrant quote you have reproduced with great glee.

It is from the work of Walter Edmund Roth who did have his sexual hangups and was drummed out of the service for taking pictures of a young aboriginal couple engaging in various sexual positions. He even called the section you quote from “Ethno-pornography” obviously aware of those like yourself who are titillated by such.

The way he relates instances of behaviour he could not have possibly witnessed is a little telling. What is also telling is how you are prepared to swallow all of it while deriding early settler accounts related by Pascoe.

Be that as it may it seems Aboriginal tribes in the area in question engaged in some pretty horrific genital mutilation of both sexes including the practice of introcision. From his work:

“In the Upper Seorgina District, among the Yaroinga, the time at which the introcision is performed on the urgoota, an individual after his first initiation, is about when the beard becomes fairly apparent, «.e.,when he is ready to become a full-grown man or ur-twa, and fit to live along with his gin. The method of holding the man down during the operation is somewhat different to that in vogue among the Pitta-Pitta aboriginals. Here, independently of any corrobboree, during the early morning or middle day his mother's and his own brother will suddenly stand on either side of the unsuspecting individual and hold his arms and wrists, while some other specially strong fellow catches him from behind under the armpits. He is now rushed along to where the main body of the men happens to be, and signs of rejoicing are on all sides expressed. Of course no women are allowed to be present."

Cont..