The Aboriginal Issue
The last issue our erudite blogger friends vehemently commented on, the turtle issue, proved to be quite controversial, trivial as it may be. This new issue is most likely a less controversial, but a much more important issue which I feel very strongly about - the Aboriginal issue.
Many people in society sympathise with the Aboriginals and blame their desparate plight on the white people. Yes, that may seem reasonable After all, the English did colonise Australia and proclaim terra nulius. The whites also continued to take black land and sometimes abuse the local populace.
HOWEVER, that is NO justification for the current antics of Aboriginal people.
First, let's have a look at history and see how the Aboriginals weren't as mistreated as they proclaim they were. In the 18th century, the worlded was carved up into empires, for example, the British and French empires. These empires colonised nearly every piece of 'non-civilised' land on Earth, including Africa, the Americas, some parts of Asia and islands in every ocean. So, Australia was colonised like about 100 other nations. Now you don't see the natives in other countries being as well off as our Aboriginals do you? Our Aboriginals have nothing to complain about. English colonials and the early Australian government treated Aboriginals relatively well compared to other colonised nations. In South America, the Spanish slaughtered the Aztecs, Mayans and various other civilisations. In Dutch Africa, the black natives were forced to work as slaves. In USA, the Americans killed local Indians in their various wars. Our Aboriginals were quite well off given the status quo of that period of time.
Of course, the 'stolen generations' has two sides to the story. Most of the children weren't stolen, but given up willingly by their parents who cannot afford to feed them or who wanted them to have an education. The Australia government at that time, deluded as it may have been, acted out of what they considered to be in the Aboriginals' best interests. Yes, in retrospect it was wrong, but it was white mentality at the time that half caste children needed the best that white society could offer them and that they needed to be given a proper education and upbringing.
What about the myriad benefits the Aboriginals receive today? They get more dole than anyone, they get Abstudy, free vaccinations and heaps of other exclusive subsidies. No other race of indiginous people in the world get so much special treatment. They also get into uni easier. We have to work our asses off to get into law or med. They can get into Melb U med with an enter of like 90. And what do they do with all those benefits, all the billions of tax payers money poured into their petties? They SQUANDER it. Look at the squalid camps in the NT. With better social benefits than everyone else, you'd think they'd work harder and be better off. But no, they buy booze and bongs and do nothing all day but fight amongst themselves, all the while putting the blame ON US for their grievances.
Everyday, the Aboriginals are whinging about this and whinging about that. We stole their kids, we killed their culture. Yea, as if culture is killable. When the Manchurians invaded the Ming dynasty of China, they couldn't destroy the culture; instead they were ASSIMILATED INTO the Chinese culture. So, whats happening to Aboriginal culture today? You see that news item about the group of teens who gang raped a uncouncious girl, thinking she was dead? Is it their culture to practise gang rape or necrophilia? Either way, it's pretty wrong. And that recent story about the two boys who were gang raped by 4 males, the youngest rapist being 12? Something needs to be done about the immoral manifestations within the Aboriginal communities, and it most certainly isn't our fault.
The Aboriginals are to blame for their own shameful plight. They need to get off their backsides, clean up their act and become proper, contributive citizens of this great country.
While we have several outstanding Aboriginals in our community, the abovementioned proportion of them are a disgrace to Australia.
Many people in society sympathise with the Aboriginals and blame their desparate plight on the white people. Yes, that may seem reasonable After all, the English did colonise Australia and proclaim terra nulius. The whites also continued to take black land and sometimes abuse the local populace.
HOWEVER, that is NO justification for the current antics of Aboriginal people.
First, let's have a look at history and see how the Aboriginals weren't as mistreated as they proclaim they were. In the 18th century, the worlded was carved up into empires, for example, the British and French empires. These empires colonised nearly every piece of 'non-civilised' land on Earth, including Africa, the Americas, some parts of Asia and islands in every ocean. So, Australia was colonised like about 100 other nations. Now you don't see the natives in other countries being as well off as our Aboriginals do you? Our Aboriginals have nothing to complain about. English colonials and the early Australian government treated Aboriginals relatively well compared to other colonised nations. In South America, the Spanish slaughtered the Aztecs, Mayans and various other civilisations. In Dutch Africa, the black natives were forced to work as slaves. In USA, the Americans killed local Indians in their various wars. Our Aboriginals were quite well off given the status quo of that period of time.
Of course, the 'stolen generations' has two sides to the story. Most of the children weren't stolen, but given up willingly by their parents who cannot afford to feed them or who wanted them to have an education. The Australia government at that time, deluded as it may have been, acted out of what they considered to be in the Aboriginals' best interests. Yes, in retrospect it was wrong, but it was white mentality at the time that half caste children needed the best that white society could offer them and that they needed to be given a proper education and upbringing.
What about the myriad benefits the Aboriginals receive today? They get more dole than anyone, they get Abstudy, free vaccinations and heaps of other exclusive subsidies. No other race of indiginous people in the world get so much special treatment. They also get into uni easier. We have to work our asses off to get into law or med. They can get into Melb U med with an enter of like 90. And what do they do with all those benefits, all the billions of tax payers money poured into their petties? They SQUANDER it. Look at the squalid camps in the NT. With better social benefits than everyone else, you'd think they'd work harder and be better off. But no, they buy booze and bongs and do nothing all day but fight amongst themselves, all the while putting the blame ON US for their grievances.
Everyday, the Aboriginals are whinging about this and whinging about that. We stole their kids, we killed their culture. Yea, as if culture is killable. When the Manchurians invaded the Ming dynasty of China, they couldn't destroy the culture; instead they were ASSIMILATED INTO the Chinese culture. So, whats happening to Aboriginal culture today? You see that news item about the group of teens who gang raped a uncouncious girl, thinking she was dead? Is it their culture to practise gang rape or necrophilia? Either way, it's pretty wrong. And that recent story about the two boys who were gang raped by 4 males, the youngest rapist being 12? Something needs to be done about the immoral manifestations within the Aboriginal communities, and it most certainly isn't our fault.
The Aboriginals are to blame for their own shameful plight. They need to get off their backsides, clean up their act and become proper, contributive citizens of this great country.
While we have several outstanding Aboriginals in our community, the abovementioned proportion of them are a disgrace to Australia.
posted by [sui generis] li mei at 11:43 pm
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