AusGeoff wrote on May 17^th, 2023 at 12:55am:



How do you spell .... ABO RIGINAL?

It's an abbreviation ......

just like people who scavenge get - Dumpo or BottleO or CanO.

In fact Australians abbreviate just about everything.

Get off your sanctimonious high horse.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 1^st, 2024 at 4:00pm:


If both thine eyes offend thee in that way - pluck them both out...

Any pottery amongst it?  Just asking...

This work (Aboriginal art) is at best a hybrid that has developed in the last half-century, with questionable roots in Aboriginal culture and no Indigenous audience, since it is produced essentially for sale to a white market of investors and speculators. Allowing it to take over the Wynne Prize is not only deeply insulting to landscape painters of all kinds in this country, but amounts to an erasure of what has always been the most central genre of Australian painting, and ultimately an implicit denial that 97 per cent of our country’s population can imagine any authentic connection with our land.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 1^st, 2024 at 9:15pm:


Cool, man.............. mull it.... dig it ....

SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2024 at 8:39am:


It's an abbreviation. It's not racist any more than aussie, pommy, dago, wog, yank, seppo, frog, kraut, boche, balt, chow, curry, chinky poo, nip, paki, yid, hajji, etc.

"Proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person" is too long and a tongue twister.

Frank wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2024 at 10:14am:


It's not an abbreviation, it's a known slur with a long history of being such and it's being used deliberately in this thread and many others by the usual vile scum on here.

The term has a long history of being used pejoratively by settlers and colonialists in Australia to demean Aboriginal people. Historical documents, literature, and reports from the 19th and early 20th centuries contain many examples of this term being used in a derogatory manner.

There are also plenty of examples of it being used in public settings drawing harsh criticism because it is a racial slur resulting in apologies and acknowledgments of wrongdoing.

Just because you hide behind anonymity on a poorly moderated forum at best, or a willing platform with the goal of pushing said discriminatory stances doesn't allow you to wave a magic wand and undo the meaning of the word to absolve you and your ilk of accountability for using it.

Frank wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2024 at 11:05am:


Thank you for finally admitting it, you daft idiot. 

It is a pejorative term used to demean an entire race of people which is indeed racist.

Such terms are often used to perpetuate negative stereotypes, reinforce power dynamics, and discriminate against individuals based on their race or ethnicity.

Racist language and behaviour contribute to systemic racism by marginalising and oppressing certain groups while reinforcing the privilege of others.

Using racial slurs or derogatory language to demean or belittle a particular racial or ethnic group is a form of racism because it perpetuates harmful attitudes and beliefs about that group.

It reflects a lack of respect for the dignity and humanity of individuals of that race or ethnicity.

This is exactly the aim you, and the other cowardly losers like you on here are shooting for with the use of the word.

Cry all you like, manifest whatever reality/safespace you need to justify your inferiority and hate, but it doesn't change the truth.