(October 7, 2015 at 7:19 am)Cato Wrote: Failed to acknowledge them properly? Is this your whitewashing euphemism for killing Aborigines for sport? Please pretend you don't know this part of Australian history. The atrocious treatment of Aborigines is certainly not the only important aspect of Australian history, but your repeated attempts to render it insignificant are pathetic and telling.
Oh I'm sorry Cato - is there an agreed UN convention pertaining to the treatment of Indigenous people? No? How many countries don't recognise Indigenous people TODAY? How many recognise them and treat them like second-class citizens (eg Japan)?
Do you know what we did with people who committed murder? We hanged them. And from 1838 that included killing natives.
I never said that killings were "irrelevant" I said they were a product largely of the conventional wisdom of the age (assimilation) and the fear of people who are different to you. Natives killed colonial settlers as well you know.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
