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I'm with Ksubi. but my after school hangover is a little different. I don't yet have to deal with money problems, as i finished my HSC exams a few days ago :P lol but already i find myself wanting to do school-ish things. I have been constantly thinking subconsciously about random things like...

Welcome back katie. it is necessary to care in the circumstances that were being discussed, ie. the advantages of following their culture and whether or not it is worth preserving. The proof is that by observing their cultural approach to nature, their effect on the environment around them is...

Ok; firstly, they didnt slash burn and move on. They lived with nature not against it. They only killed for necessity, i.e. survival [hence the eventual decline of the mega fauna]. Apart from this, they live within the balance of nature, using everything of the animals they killed and leaving...

for religion? and if this is your *ingeneous* way of looking at it; there will always be demand for aboriginal culture, due to there always being a need for the history of this land to be known. Dreamtime stories are a media through which the history of australia has been recorded. therefore...

and how would we determine what is/is not worth preserving?

then why should we be preserving any culture? they are all reflections of the society they originated from. that is part of what religion is.

The aborigines had an enormous importance in the land, and no matter which part of Australia, they had survived peacefully alongside the creatures and the environment. Their culture is unique in its approach to the land and mostly how to survive in such unhospitable places as, for example, the...

also preventing any chance of the continuation of their culture, which is already in need of help to survive.

ummm... its a Christian holiday and i happen to be buddhist. So it isnt my holiday, but i do believe in the general principle, that it is a time of peace and goodwill. that is the philosophy of buddhism. balance, peace, goodwill, respect and understanding. any religion is fine, as long as you...

i realised it was a joke?? and why the whole antagonism towards JaredR just because he was making a joke? And seriously guys you have to learn to stop making people fit into stereotypes. It doesnt help anything. Its Christmas lol so be nice:tree: :uhhuh:

im not saying everything is howards fault, im just pointing out that he made bad decisions, especially in relation to native title and the aboriginies. of course its the governments job to take care of everyone. they are a branch of the law, and the law is in place to maintain order and...

i agree entirely. Even when native title was recogised, indigenous australians still had to deal with Howard's prejudice against them with his ten point plan. the aboriginies, once the Wik decision was made by he High Court, were wary of the government's response. John Howard started off...

if your so sure find me some proof. give me something that will surely make it obvious that im wrong. if, as you say aboriginies "prove it themselves every day" there will be factual reports of it, and there will be plenty around. im still asking you to prove it, as im not going to take your...

ok, i challenge you to make a decent argument, with decent proof from a reliable resource [i.e. no newspapers etc.], without resorting to stereotypes or blatanty dull remarks, for the point you are trying to make. something that PROVES that EVERY ABORIGINAL is exactly how you say they are. good...

because i dont need it. and honestly? some people, like others who are aboriginal, need it more than me. if they didnt need it they wouldnt claim it! of course, as always there are some exceptions, but how many white people are on the dole and dont even bother trying to do anything about a...

"yes but" mmm convincing. if it was a yes, you are agreeing, yet you are not because you are just going back to your original point. again, you are back to the discriminating and youre going round in circles. Stop before you make yourself dizzy, darling.

ouch. im so upset that you are using my sarcasm against me!! oh dear, whatever shall i do! let nanna explain so little cutie-pie can understand the big nasty words! a stigma can have many different facets. i some places it already exists, in others it is being manipulated, and in others...

umm.. creating a stigma that ALREADY EXISTS due to people like you SWEETIE. and fyi i am actually 17 this monday. i just happen to enjoy subtle nuances of sarcasm. is that fine with you, pumpkin?

negative discrimination [the kind i am discussing] is the unfair treatment or PREJUDICING of a group or an individual. you have classified a group of people under a certain negative behaviour or action and through this are assisting in creating a stigma of aboriginal people, i.e. 'There are two...

bit late.. sorry! i was only half-offering in an attempt to be polite. :) and my point is perfectly valid, so deal with it :)