thegreatdivide,
Quote:No, my response indicates you are blinded by your own conservarive ideology which is the reason why you don't understand macro-economics. Pity.
Phukkstick, I told you that you responded to a point I was making to John Smith about not calling a 17-year-old indigenous girl a "jackass", simply because she was the one that told me about how indigenous people get special benefits not available to non-indigenous people. That was confirmed by a woman who said that her family was entitled to get special benefits exclusive to her racial background.
If you want to talk macroeconomics, you might want to discuss how a racial group of people who have a high unemployment rate can afford things that people of a similar socioeconomic background cannot. Until then, you can continue looking stupid with that condescending attitude of yours.
Quote:Indeed, but they only "receive exclusive benefits" because they are the most unemployed people in Oz, a point you refuse to acknowledge, or simply blame the blacks themselves for what is a macroeconomic problem.
Oh great! At least you admit indigenous people have exclusive benefits. My town has an indigenous population percentage of between 5% to 7%. I bet if all the indigenous benefits were relegated to be available and on par with that of non-indigenous people, the percentage of Rockhamptonites claiming to be indigenous would drop to about 3%.
Indigenous people have been counted among the Australian population for the last 56 years. Even if I say that 1992 was the time when all discriminatory practices ended against indigenous people, that is still over 30 years to get your act together and become productive members of society. And given the fact that you admit that indigenous people receive special privileges, the time to feel sorry for them about colonial era issues is LONG ended.
Quote:we are still killing children in wars, because the UN was neutered by blind men demanding individual sovereignty (and absolute national sovereignty), hence the incapacitating veto in the so-called "Security" Council.
The Australian military is so hypersensitive to the 'feelings' of foreigners, that they will make sure that footage of a soldier shooting dead a surrendered enemy combatant gets played in the media for public scrutiny before the soldier gets his day in court. Think "Breaker Morant" when the officers wanted to make a sacrifice of some Australian soldiers so that the Boers could see that the British were unbias in military justice.
Your talk about killing children in wars is so antiquated, that the softly-softly military will see it as laughable. Then they will frown and wonder what other type of "walking on eggshells" refining of the military do you want to see.
Quote:The social and economic problems of half casts were tricky in those days; and indeed we are still faced with finding better solutions re family dysfunction (and child removals) related to incompatible cultures, to close the gap.
One solution is to drop the act of being an indigenous barbarian, where the rules of violent patriarchy don't apply, and adopt and abide by the laws of Australia. When you live by the laws of Australia, you tend to have a good life.
Quote:We will all deserve the civil war if it happens, for failing to solve the problem of black poverty in particular (though all poverty should be condemned by the entire population, in this 'rich' country).
Yeah, well, how are you going to solve my poverty problems, whilst you are at it? Oh, right.... you don't entertain things that involve me.
To solve black poverty, the general template to do this is to keep hygienic about yourself and your surroundings; eat nutritious meals; dress appropriately when in public; get educated (either in school, training, or self-taught); keep your health ideal; abide by the law of the land; hold respect for other people that respect you.
You will see poverty levels fall, if these principle guidelines are followed.
Quote:Australians are committed to US global hegemony, not peace under international law.
Wars cost money. It is better to make friends and not enemies. Thwarting hostile enemies is preferable instead of letting them grow in number. But, there is a need to be strategic about who is the enemy. Time spent fighting the Afghans was a waste of resources and manpower. But, it is probably better to ally with the Americans than to be neutral. Things might be different if China and the United States escalate tensions with each other.
Quote:That paragraph is correct if you replace 'self-inflicted' with 'systemic', ie caused by the current neoliberal/ 'small government' economic orthodoxy. I expect you, being ideologically blind, won't see it.
If I was ideologically blind, I would not be here kicking your whingeing ultra-left-wing arse so much that you cry yourself asleep thinking about the "tough love" principles I endorse. I am quite happy with the way our economy is run. It would be better if the Liberal party was in charge again. But, for now, the economy is running well. And indigenous people are so spoiled in the last few decades that they have no reason to complain.
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