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Originally Posted by Makedde
For a few reasons.
2. This has always been about money. The Aboriginals could have been gracious and accepted the apology, and moved on, but instead dozens of them immediatley put their hands out and demanded compensation. The Government was stupid in not believing this would happen, when it was obvious it would.
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Wow - whole DOZENS of them?? What, do you know, is the entire indigineous population in Australia? I'll tell you. It's 455,000 or thereabouts. So even if 10-dozen have `put their hands out', that is 0.0002% of the indiginous population in Australia. Jeesh - do you think we can handle it?
And how do you know it's `always' been about money? I don't believe I have seen one, single indiginous person in any form of media talk about money with relation to this issue. The only people I have heard talk about it are white lawyers and advocates. It seems to me that the very vast majority of Aboriginals have been gracious and accepted the apology.
Do you have a link where I can see who has `immediately put their hands out and demanded compensation'? I haven't heard anything yet about any class action or compensation claims.
And regardless, I think that in some instances compensation absolutely should be paid. Why should someone who slips over in Target because they weren't watching where they were going get a massive payout? Or people who knowingly smoke and then get sick and die, be able to successfully sue tobacco companies? Or someone who eats too much McDonalds then be able to sue them for compensation? Nobody seems to have an issue with that.
But a genuine claim for compensation by people who absolutely deserve some is scoffed at? The kind of utter selfishness, gullibility and hypocrisy of people who see such a wonderful event in our history as that apology as a bid for an undeserved payout never ceases to blow me away.
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4. We have no idea which Aboriginals are genuine 'Stolen Generation' victims. Every Aboriginal is claiming to have been a victim, when it is possible they were not. Because we do not know for sure who is genuine and who isn't, no compensation should be forthcoming.
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Yes we do. We have very accurate information on who is part of the stolen generations. And again, how do you know that `every Aboriginal' is claiming to be a victim? Are they? Do you know them all? I haven't heard that anywhere. Do you have a link?
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My opinion is simply that there is a time to move on, and forgive and forget. I think this is that time. Yes, they may have been treated poorly in the past, but move on with life, and stop dwelling in the past.[/font]
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It must be very easy to be so condescending and dismissive, when you are coming from a position of it never having happened to you.
If our indiginous populations weren't living in worse conditions than many in the third world, I'm sure it would be easy to, what was it?...`move on with life'.
Your views on this issue are ridiculously narrow and misinformed. Been watching a lot of
Today Tonight, have we?