Well said bro...Noggins wrote: ↑Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:31 am Whilst I can/could claim heritage I don't as a matter of principle,
I have far more Anglo than any other, even that's a mixed breed according to my DNA, so although I might have the right to claim Aboriginality I just can't be bothered to try to reconcile the brutality of some of those heritages with my life as it is now.
As well as all that I really can't see how I can make one part of my heritage apologise to the other parts of my heritage, as that conundrum lives inside me today.
Imagine the Aboriginal side claiming special rights and a continuous sorry from the Anglo side, and the continuous counterclaims and concessions from the Anglo side, it would do my head in if I even considered it.
Maybe that's some of the current problems with the mixed races we have agitating for extra considerations ?
Maybe we as Australians should take a leaf out of the book as shown by NZ some years ago.
All NZeders are considered equal, with no special departments of Maori splitting the country and legally making racial divisions.
Ron
As a former Kiwi , but just as a blowin kiddie, was two when I got there and seven when I left, I remember we were one nation ... was the late 50's ,but even so ,was none of this them and us crap...!!!
Getting to OZ as a kid of seven why would the them and us strike me then ...???
Couldnt believe cos you were a certain race everything was free ... !!!
And that my friends is the only problem ...!!! Was with Pauline from day one , how right was and is she she ...!!!
But nah, all the "Doo Gooders" (on the outside...!!!) couldnt have that ...
Now the brain washing in schools and unis ,we are farked ...
Growing up in the 60's and 70's was soo good, now to see the joint goin down the shitter ... soo sad ...
The young ones got NFI ,cant tell em anything , ya dont wonder why folk end it all ...
Only got to Army Cadets in high school, but tell ya what ... If I was a Digger, how would ya feel now ...
Get shot at for the crap that is now ...!!!
Can only end with a song ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqSKwXHxgdQ
vik...