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*cough*Jacaranda*cough*

You agreed with him, and then in another post, said "Australian History Textbooks". Also, lol at the idea that any Aus History textbook prescribed by curriculum being a legitimate source.

You think that Jacaranda Australian History is a legitimate historical source. You are retarded. QED.

Yes, religion is a part of culture, but in this case I was referring to it as distinct from religion, i.e. there is nothing in their religion (Dreamtime etc) that dictates such violent behaviour, but it is a cultural practice nonetheless.

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No, that's retarded. Killing for witchcraft was disgusting murder perpetrated by their religion, and killing women for interfering in "SEKRIT men's business" was disgusting murder perpetrated by their culture, quite apart from religious beliefs. I wonder which is worse.

No, but they slaughtered them for accidentally witnessing "men's business." While it is true that they did not have any diseases brought to humanity by domestication of animals and living in large cities - influenza, smallpox, etc - they were susceptible to multitudes of other diseases...

Re: Should Australia grow it's population to 100 million? Australia's birth rate is below replacement levels currently, isn't it? How do we keep it that way, then? As others have said, getting rid of the baby bonus is certainly a start. And you know? Make the adoption process cheaper and easier.

And you know, I hate being held responsible by cultural relativists for the crimes my ancestors perpretrated. Yes, 'we' as a 'race' massacred the Aborigines, but that was 250 years ago. I am not guilty for that, and neither are modern Spaniards for the accidental genocide of the South American...

I don't think religion should even be touched upon until high school. Enough of the scarring kids with hellfire and brimstone.

People like you insisting they need assistance and help with integration and special consideration and shit aren't helping that fact.

Huh? I think you'll find that the latter was "invented" by the Arabs..

Hahahahaha what.

You know this because you were there, right? :rolleyes: Aborigine culture is very analagous to native American culture (actually they're functionally the same). They had tribal warfare over land, and so did the Aborigines.

"Nomad" is a misnomer. Aborigines were hunter/gatherers, and successful hunter/gatherers move around in a single territory - a large one, yes, but a distinct territory, used in rotation. Hunter/gatherers need to know the land intimately to be successful, which means territories that need to be...

I hate people like you. Ignorantly spouting "omg it's bad stop it all omg". It's people like you who stop research into things like thorium reactors. Also I hope you realise that the ground you walk on is radioactive ("toxic waste"). You are radioactive.

Re: Should Australia grow it's population to 100 million? Should we grow our population? No. I think the current population is too much.

Haha except when the justice is sweet. A gal convicted of animal cruelty in the US (she starved her horses) was sentenced to time in jail, and was ordered to be fed only bread and water for the first week or so to teach her a lesson.

No, it's fair enough. Weather conditions can change rapidly - I'll bet they weren't expecting fog - and if he'd landed the plane without the qualification, the airline would have been liable for hefty fines. And he'd probably have lost his pilot's license.