Comments on: A Vision for Australia’s indigenous peoples https://www.openforum.com.au/a-vision-for-australias-indigenous-peoples/ Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 By: Anti Cupiditas https://www.openforum.com.au/a-vision-for-australias-indigenous-peoples/#comment-3833 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 10:10:00 +0000 http://staging.openforum.com.au/blog/a-vision-for-australias-indigenous-peoples/#comment-3833 vision for australia indigenous peoples

I know quite a number of indigenous who just like many non-indigenous believe that all this talk about reconcilliation is just a vehicle for some academics to score continued funding. First of all there is no such thing as reconcilliation no matter what society you're in. People either get along or they don't, no legislation or program can change that. To achieve harmony (a much better description than reconcilliation) people need to pull their weight. You'll never get anyone to accept someone who only keeps blaming others for their own shortcomings no matter what race or society. You can not achieve harmony with people who profit from perpetual division under the pretence of reconcilliation & the incessant bleating for funding & the arrogance that comes from the ignorance of telling others how they should live. Does anyone ever bother asking the indigenous how they would prefer to live? No, it's always some ignorant academic expert or just as ignorant politician who listens to selected pseudo-indigenous advisors who do not represent their so-called "my people". I have witnessed several such "my people" who could not handle to spend more than a month in the company of "my people". Yet they're the ones who push through to the front whenever some hare-brained scheme brings up visions of a big trough to sink their snouts into. That's why reconcilliation is merely a dream that can't be realised under the present system. There is no discrimination, only a lack of will to contribute. Feigned indignation is the order of the day. Just look at the uproar following Abbott's remarks re choice of lifestyle in remote communities. I doubt very much that the people in the communities would embrace hundreds or perhaps thousands of outsiders moving in so that city-like services could be provided on a daily basis as many claim they're entitled to. The average working Australian is getting fed up with being taxed to the max for no obvious positive outcome.

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