Rule Two — No member of the faculty is to mal-treat the Abos in any way

[Oeditpus Rex]

if there's anybody watching.



Australia apologizes for mistreating Aborigines

[Orsino]

1. Rule Three

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3752697.stm

:mad:

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. As well as One, Five and Seven

John Howard is a shitsucker and I hope he dies very, very soon. :thumbsdown:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

4. You don't need to tell me

I lived under his government for eleven years and hated every day of watching the news and seeing him and his racist, reactionary, neo-conservative, Bush-loving government seek to destroy everything that was wonderful about Australia. Imagine having a smarter version of Bush for eleven years in power and you kind of get the picture. His right wing accolytes in the press spent years trying to discredit the Stolen Generation and trying to sweep it under the carpet

To be fair though, I don't wish death upon him. I want him alive for days like this so he can watch all the values and ideals that he cherished so dearly and thought he had made permanent be undone by our new government

Rudd also allowed an indigenous ceremony to welcome in the new Parliament for the first time in its history

We've got a heck of a long way to go on reconciliation and improving the quality of life for indigenous people and this is just the first step in what will be a very long process. But it is a start and I hope it brings some comfort, healing and closure to the people and the families involved.

If you want to read more about the Stolen Generation, the Bringing Them Home report http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen/ contains a lot of the history and first hand accounts, or for a brief overview you can go to the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generation, where you can also see the right wing efforts to discredit their legitimacy

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. I drink therefore I am!!

[Hissyspit]

5. It's hot enough in here to boil a monkey's bum.