just up the quota from the arrivals we have already - they have crossed oceans to get here so are likely of good stock - rather than paying 10's of million dollars to ship them off to other countries - except that does not provide the cronies with lucrative govt contracts
terry - I recently read "the Explorers"" by Tim Flannery and I suggest you might want to have a read before you keep spouting this rubbish about the Aboriginals when Australia was first inhabitedOriginally Posted by terry57
The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian Frontier: Tim Flannery: 9780802137197: Amazon.com: Books
If you torture data for enough time , you can get it to say what you want.
Ever asked them? Doubt it. The victims of true genocide, that in some ways are being ethnically cleansed today.Originally Posted by terry57
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So one of - if not the - oldest living cultures on the planet not only somehow would've stopped what they'd managed for eons in living off the land but they're actually 'better off' following genocide and ongoing racism that sees them marginalized in their own country...
Because they now have alcohol, something that is systematically destroying their lives and communities.
FFS, *facepalm*, I really do wonder about some Australians at times. WTF are they taught in school??
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Oh shit, we are getting a tad silly now suggesting genocide.
Baldrick is usually on the money so if I can track down that book I'll have a read.
Just ordered it on Amazon, will pick it up in Perth in two weeks time.
Last edited by terry57; 11-09-2015 at 07:14 PM.
Originally Posted by terry57
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoci...a_and_TasmaniaColonization of Australia and Tasmania[edit]
Further information: Genocides in history § Australia, Australian genocide debate and Australian frontier wars
The extinction of the Tasmanian Aborigines is regarded as a classic case of genocide by Lemkin, most comparative scholars of genocide, and many general historians, including Robert Hughes, Ward Churchill, Leo Kuper and Jared Diamond, who base their analysis on previously published histories.[94] Between 1824 and 1908 White settlers and Native Mounted Police in Queensland, according to Raymond Evans, killed more than 10,000 Aborigines, who were regarded as vermin and sometimes even hunted for sport.[95]
Ben Kiernan, an Australian historian of genocide, treats the Australian evidence over the first century of colonization as an example of genocide in his 2007 history of the concept and practice, Blood and soil: a world history of genocide and extermination from Sparta to Darfur.[96] The Australian practice of removing the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent from their families, has been described as genocidal.[97][98] The 1997 report "Bringing them Home" concluded that the forced separation of Aboriginal children from their family constituted an act of genocide. [99] In the 1990s a number of Australian state institutions, including the state of Queensland, apologized for its policies regarding forcible separation of aboriginal children.[100] Another allegation against the Australian state is the use of medical services to Aboriginals to administer contraceptive therapy to aboriginal women without their knowledge or consent, including the use of Depo Provera, as well as tubal ligations. Both forced adoption and forced contraception would fall under the provisions of the UN genocide convention.[101] Some Australian scholars, including historian Geoffrey Blainey, political scientist Ken Minogue and prominently professor Keith Windschuttle, reject the view that Australian aboriginal policy was genocidal.[97]
FFS tezza- it was genocide. NHow Howard, and that psychopathic murderous twat abbot might disagree, but frankly speaking, I disagree with anything those two scumbags say on general principal.
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Ok, I've read that Paste.
So you have two groups here. One says it genocide and the other says it was not.
So I'm on the " Not " side and you're on the " It was " side.
Fair enough.
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Ok then, I'll do that.
But hey, there's only one thing you need to know.
Do not consider that your opinion is 100% correct.
It's only your opinion as is mine.
That's all you need to know.
That's why Religious and Political cluster fuks are not worth getting into.
Each fuktard on opposite sides of the fence considers themselves 100 % correct.
Ya get it huh.
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross." The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out.
Terrorists have been re-categorized from "Tiresome" to "A Bloody Nuisance." The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.
The Scots have raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards." They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France 's white flag factory, effectively paralysing the country's military capability.
Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout Loudly and Excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides."
The Germans have increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose."
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels .
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
Australia , meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be right, Mate." Two more escalation levels remain: "Crikey! I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!" and "The barbie is cancelled." So far no situation has ever warranted use of the last final escalation level.
And as a final thought - Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC.
So 12,000 Syrians are coming over after Australia's efforts to stop the "Illegals".
Meanwhile in all of Australia's cities there are Thousands of homeless, jobless local Aussies without a promised social network support system. Pensioners are being told to work longer because the "Government has no money". 700 million dollars suddenly appear.
WTF is wrong with the western world. Most of the illegals were from Afghanistan where Australian soldiers were dying to preserve their country, they were running to Oz to enjoy the Western lifestyle.
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Americans meanwhile and as usual are carrying out pre-emptive strikes, on all of their allies, just in case.
And in the southern hemisphere...
New Zealand has also raised its security levels - from "baaa" to "BAAAA!". Due to continuing defense cutbacks (the air force being a squadron of spotty teenagers flying paper aeroplanes and the navy some toy boats in the Prime Minister's bath), New Zealand only has one more level of escalation, which is "I hope Australia will come and rescue us".
Australia , meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be right, mate". Three more escalation levels remain: "Crikey!', "I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend" and "The barbie is canceled". So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.
I think this whole situation is fucked.
It is like everyone sticking their wick in an infected chick.
The toxin is spreading.
NIP IT IN THE BUD.
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