lily lily:
I meant my opinion had nothing to do with race. I'm reasonably sure it's about race for the Aussies though.
For me, it's about the greater good. A little paternalistic racism might be a good thing if it protects the kids.
Racism is never good because one thing always leads to another. In the Aussies case this one thing will allow certain of them to try turn back the clock on Aboriginal rights.
The Aborigines have their own lands now, most of which are crap lands. But now the Aussies sometimes regret giving the Aborigines even that much because the Aborigines are finding uranium, opals, gold, molybdenum, and etc. and they're starting to make money of their own.
Were I a betting man I'd wager that the areas with the most problems according to this 'report' will also be the potentially richest areas, as well.
