North Western Australian Aborigines know killers when they see them.
Background.
Local Aboriginal traditional land owners long ago reached agreement with natural gas developers in which their environment would be protected and respected and they would receive royalties to the tune of $1.5 billion over the next thirty years.
Then along came The Greens and , wait for it, the criminal gang of pirates Sea Shepherd, attempting to block the $45 billion project 'in the name of the local Abos!' (For those not up with the play, Dr Bob Brown is the ex leader of the Australian Killer Greenz.) Here's what they had to say to Bob Brown.
Dear Dr Bob Brown,
I am writing to you because I have heard that you are coming to the Kimberley on a mission to our country and our culture from gas developments at James Price Point…
Our people have had to make a choice about allowing development on our lands. It hasn’t been easy, but we have made a decision - a majority decision -to face up to our own challenges, and to build a better future for our children, our people, our culture, and our country.
Dr Brown, it is hard for us to understand why you think it is necessary for you to speak on our behalf, about our country, our culture, and our futures.
The only thing We need saving from, is people who disrespect our decisions and want to see our people locked up in a wilderness and treated as museum pieces…
There are people, like you Dr Brown, who disagree with our vision for our future. And that’s a good thing in our democratic society. But please, don’t use us to push your view. We can speak for ourselves…
I am an old woman now and I have witnessed and lived the despair and hopelessness of many Kimberley Aboriginal people. Dr Brown, do you know what it is like to be taken away from your family, to not have money to buy food, to live in a house that is dilapidated and beyond repair? To see your children grow up in despair, die before they are 50, or even worse, take their own lives before they get to their 20s?
My people have lived this life, and we don’t Want it anymore…
But what saddens my people most is your complete disregard for Aboriginal people. I know you care about the whales and the dinosaur footprints, but what about people?
Yours faithfully
Rita Augustine
On behalf of the Environmental and Cultural Heritage Team and Jabirrlabirr Traditional Owners.
20 comments:
Calling them "Abos" somewhat hurts your credibility.
Oh really? My you are a sensitive little petal.
No doubt you've never heard Abos refer to themselves as 'Abos' or Horis refer to themselves as 'Horis?'
$1.5 billion over 30 years on a $45 billion project? Someone got ripped off again.
And yep, using derogatory terms to describe people does damage your credibility. At least it does if you have any.
Every tried calling a black american a n****r? Because a lot of them use the word all the time.
P.S. Adolf? Seriously? I really hope you're very old or your parents genuinely didn't know what they were doing.
Hoopo
I'll call anybody whatever I choose, any time I choose. Why, I even call pinko hand wringing guilt wracked lefties 'PC Dickheads' from time to time.
OK on second thoughts using the word "Abo" won't affect your personal credibility one bit.
But your name and your inability to hide you racist thoughts bring this whole blog down
"I'll call anybody whatever I choose, any time I choose."
No you wouldn't big man, that's why you just do it anonymously on a blog.
Somehow, calling someone out for blogging under a pseudonym whilst blogging under a pseudonym lacks impact....
Yeah, but I'm not saying things like "I'll call anybody whatever I choose, any time I choose." It's called context, now buy a clue.
Well, even though he's clearly a massive bigot, I'm still relieved "Adolf" is a pseudonym.
Would hate to think we have parents in NZ quite that out of touch.
So, do any of you really sensitive types have anything to say about what Rita actually wrote?
I thought she made a good point.
Charles
@ Charles, plus one, addressing the post would be rather embarrassing would it not.
Looked a rather impassioned statement from someone walking the walk which Brown and his cotiere of wankers would rather evade as an inconvenient truth.
They really do know best you know. Pfffft.
The liberal pc left are still stuck in the past.
Abos call themselves abos, blacks call themselves nigger and some gays call themselves queer.
Its about taking ownsership of language so you are not offended.
Now what's that group called
NWA?
Good bye, Gaius.
You were warned but you appear to be just another dumb arse no better than the socialist dumb arses.
"The liberal pc left are still stuck in the past.
Abos call themselves abos, blacks call themselves nigger and some gays call themselves queer.
Its about taking ownsership of language so you are not offended."
Just because they call each other that doesn't mean they not offended when someone else uses those names.
I worked that out when I was about 15, from your pic you appear to be 65+ and still don't get it.
Give up trying to engage the trolls Adolf. They live in a pc parallel universe, devoid of logic or reason. One day reality will smack them in the face, but obviously not yet.
Mrs Danvers
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