Comments on: Australia Begs Black Folks For Forgiveness http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/ Rastafarian Views on Life, Politics and Social Issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Timounjah http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-29348 Timounjah Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:15:34 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-29348 Why wouldn't reperations be a acceptable form of healing? Giving money in my opinion doesn't mean handing over a bag of cash for past afflictions. Instead how about creating a fund that can go toward education/health/and other non profit organizations that aim to uplift the undeniable second class standard of life many aboriginal people are living in. These condition are created by the post colonial era, from which present aboriginal generations suffer from...And no not all people of european descendance are responsible for past wrongs, but those that fail to accept that the "white supremacist" philosophy (which in my opinion is not a color but an attitude) has been the demise of indigenous cultures and depletion natural resources all over the world for profit, is quite frankly fooling themselves. Why wouldn’t reperations be a acceptable form of healing? Giving money in my opinion doesn’t mean handing over a bag of cash for past afflictions. Instead how about creating a fund that can go toward education/health/and other non profit organizations that aim to uplift the undeniable second class standard of life many aboriginal people are living in.
These condition are created by the post colonial era, from which present aboriginal generations suffer from…And no not all people of european descendance are responsible for past wrongs, but those that fail to accept that the “white supremacist” philosophy (which in my opinion is not a color but an attitude) has been the demise of indigenous cultures and depletion natural resources all over the world for profit, is quite frankly fooling themselves.

]]> By: JD http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-27888 JD Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:54:49 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-27888 Man some of you people are defunct, Noel Pearson spoke on behalf of no one but himself for his own political agendas, he didnt speak for me, where'd he want money given to as 'compensation'?. Himself and the other phoney elders! The apology was wanted by the vast majority of Australians since the 1970's when aboriginal Australia was formally recognised. No one had the balls to do it untill Kevin Rudd came along. Man some of you people are defunct, Noel Pearson spoke on behalf of no one but himself for his own political agendas, he didnt speak for me, where’d he want money given to as ‘compensation’?. Himself and the other phoney elders!
The apology was wanted by the vast majority of Australians since the 1970′s when aboriginal Australia was formally recognised. No one had the balls to do it untill Kevin Rudd came along.

]]> By: JDB http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-27342 JDB Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:47:48 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-27342 Money is numbers, and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end. Bob Marley Money is numbers, and numbers never end.
If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.
Bob Marley

]]> By: Reggae Strong http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-27200 Reggae Strong Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:51:27 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-27200 Where you get off Jake by saying they do us a favour??? What favour you speak of??? They took way our culture, language, families... then they pronounce SORRY!! A forced apology.... a true apology means actions and Australia is still involved in a continuing Aboriginal Genocide .. still now, acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. Little progress if any is being made!!! EDUCATED??? our education is of the land..spiritual , dreamtime! No school and the teachings the australian government offered did anything to better us!! An elder once said... CHILD, WE WILL BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME!! And yessss... he was right! We not going anywhere...believe that!!! But we are big enough to hold our heads high... CHILDREN OF THE STOLEN GENERATIONS are COMING HOME!!! Healing Journey!! And your words hold no substance!! Empty Blah!! Ignorance and Arrogance!! And them that profess to 'wasnt their problem' it still is a problem. And will only cease when we all Unite as ONE!! And remember...Erroneous assumptions can be disastrous. Ras Tafar I Live!!! Peace, Love and Oneness Iverytime Where you get off Jake by saying they do us a favour??? What favour you speak of??? They took way our culture, language, families… then they pronounce SORRY!! A forced apology…. a true apology means actions and Australia is still involved in a continuing Aboriginal Genocide .. still now, acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. Little progress if any is being made!!! EDUCATED??? our education is of the land..spiritual , dreamtime! No school and the teachings the australian government offered did anything to better us!!
An elder once said… CHILD, WE WILL BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME!! And yessss… he was right! We not going anywhere…believe that!!!
But we are big enough to hold our heads high… CHILDREN OF THE STOLEN GENERATIONS are COMING HOME!!! Healing Journey!!
And your words hold no substance!! Empty Blah!! Ignorance and Arrogance!!
And them that profess to ‘wasnt their problem’ it still is a problem. And will only cease when we all Unite as ONE!!
And remember…Erroneous assumptions can be disastrous.
Ras Tafar I Live!!!
Peace, Love and Oneness Iverytime

]]> By: Aaron http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-26216 Aaron Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:49:48 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-26216 Noel Pearson is far more white than aboriginal. Most Aussies agree with the apology, because you'd have to be an idiot to think we haven't benefited from stealing another peoples land. And we're sorry for it. Unfortunately the only thing that can ever truly make it right, is for us to pack up and move back to Europe - and that will simply never happen. Noel Pearson is far more white than aboriginal. Most Aussies agree with the apology, because you’d have to be an idiot to think we haven’t benefited from stealing another peoples land. And we’re sorry for it. Unfortunately the only thing that can ever truly make it right, is for us to pack up and move back to Europe – and that will simply never happen.

]]> By: Jahrateng Skabeli http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-23431 Jahrateng Skabeli Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:38:04 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-23431 Jake the Snake hissed:The height of their “civilization” was ripping a piece of bark off a tree, adding a stick and making a house. I feel sorry for your ignorant sad mind. You are forever doomed to pop your pop prozac pills just to make it through another of your meaningless days.Your life is meaningless. What you percieve as your "white civilization"is meaningless even to you. Your salvation:Confess the superiority of the Blackfella's original lifestyle. You are already on the right track everytime you surf into Rastalivewire. A DREADFUL AND TERRIBLE NAME... JAH RASTAFARI! Jake the Snake hissed:The height of their “civilization” was ripping a piece of bark off a tree, adding a stick and making a house.

I feel sorry for your ignorant sad mind. You are forever doomed to pop your pop prozac pills just to make it through another of your meaningless days.Your life is meaningless. What you percieve as your “white civilization”is meaningless even to you.

Your salvation:Confess the superiority of the Blackfella’s original lifestyle.

You are already on the right track everytime you surf into Rastalivewire.

A DREADFUL AND TERRIBLE NAME…

JAH RASTAFARI!

]]> By: scvott http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-22593 scvott Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:02:25 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-22593 it is amasing how blatantly arrogant whites are who see themselfs giving us poor dark dumbies there useless education and bogus religion ; we who have exitted hundreds of thosands of years with there assitance ; to save us from hunting and gathering , as they see it, to save us to hunt for a job and to gather money , neither which can be found in there bogotry society it is amasing how blatantly arrogant whites are who see themselfs giving us poor dark dumbies there useless education and bogus religion ; we who have exitted hundreds of thosands of years with there assitance ; to save us from hunting and gathering , as they see it, to save us to hunt for a job and to gather money , neither which can be found in there bogotry society

]]> By: suni http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-22084 suni Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:44:47 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-22084 Apologies are spiritual and psychic. Corrupting the moment with discussions about money cheapens the significant step being made towards healing. A few extremeists always act as though they speak on behalf of everyone when they talk about money. How can money fix anything? Plenty of money has been tried before. The apology confers status, recognises harm and creates unity, Noel Pearson and Mike Mansell are fanatics. Apologies are spiritual and psychic. Corrupting the moment with discussions about money cheapens the significant step being made towards healing. A few extremeists always act as though they speak on behalf of everyone when they talk about money. How can money fix anything? Plenty of money has been tried before. The apology confers status, recognises harm and creates unity, Noel Pearson and Mike Mansell are fanatics.

]]> By: Jake http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-21875 Jake Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:33:47 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-21875 IF SOMEONE IS WELL EDUCATED AND/OR WELL PLACED THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD A GOOD POSITION IN LIFE THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO BETTER THE LIVES OF THEIR CHILDREN. So that's why taking the children away to EDUCATE them was doing them a favor...right? Exactly what contribution did the aboriginals make to the building of Australia? The height of their "civilization" was ripping a piece of bark off a tree, adding a stick and making a house. IF SOMEONE IS WELL EDUCATED AND/OR WELL PLACED THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD A GOOD POSITION IN LIFE THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO BETTER THE LIVES OF THEIR CHILDREN.

So that’s why taking the children away to EDUCATE them was doing them a favor…right? Exactly what contribution did the aboriginals make to the building of Australia? The height of their “civilization” was ripping a piece of bark off a tree, adding a stick and making a house.

]]> By: wisdom http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-20584 wisdom Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:24:59 +0000 http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/articles/australia-begs-blacks-folks-for-forgiveness/#comment-20584 the reign of atrocity wasn't meant to be forever. the reign of atrocity wasn’t meant to be forever.

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