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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ~ Ernest Gaines

Because if he went missing in the desert, no one would bother to look.

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The White Fox Uncertainty Principle states that:
You can never know the position of a liberal and the logic behind it at the same time,
because the closer you get to finding one, the more unknown the other one becomes.

I offer you proof that my uncertainty principle stands true:

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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ~ Ernest Gaines

I think I understand, I remember when I was a young member of the labour party trying to get the same members that were supporting sanctions against South Africa , to lobby for sanctions against Austalia as well, as it was a Commonwealth country nothing happened.

It is a fact that more native Australians died in police cells in Australia, than there counterparts in South Africa during that sad period.

It was also found when establishing the credentials of native american tribal origin so that the tribal owners of Casino's did not give money to fraudulent claimants.

This was done using DNA profiling in London.

The proff that was doing this was also trying to find out why the native australian could not handle alcohol, he identified the reason and found a precise match with the native australian.

Alcohol has been used to subjugate, and to try to destroy the pride in the identity of these wonderfull people!

During Appatheid?

Yes - but this thread is from an Australian attacking Australia. Not a US poster attacking Australia, so it's not quite the same. Just as you may be harsher with a US poster attacking the US, Makkede probably feels a little harsher towards an Australian attacking Australia, if you know what I mean.

I personally don't have an issue with people criticising my country - whether they are from here or not. I'm not blindly nationalistic. None of us are perfect and nor are our countries.

No, chick. The gist of this thread is that the OP is obviously passionate and vocal about our history in terms of our native peoples and their treatment - both in the past and now.

He just didn't put it very well.

He is saying that Australia is a crime scene because when our ancestors arrived here they slaughtered many thousands of indigenous people and pretty much got away with it. And that death and injustice to indigenous Australians has continued throughout our history and is still continuing today.

He's just sensationalist and not very good at starting a thread about a discussion that would probably be very interesting if it were approached the right way.

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We've got rules and maps and guns in our backs, but we still can't just behave ourselves. Even if to save our own lives, we are a brutal kind. The Shins

So that is what this thread is about? I wouldn't have guessed had you not told me!

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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ~ Ernest Gaines

Cape Grim in Northern Tasmania got its name because of the slaughter of ALL the indigineous people that lived there for tens of thousnads of years by 6 white settlers with guns.

Grim indeed - I suppose they needed land, you know chop all the trees down, wrech the natural habitat and introduce foreign weeds and pests such a wheat and sheep.

Welcome to Australia - ONE BIG CRIME SCENE!

GODBLESSTHEQUEEN

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Whats with the guns? Australian gun ownership is practically outlawed.. = (

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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ~ Ernest Gaines