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July 06, 2006
MP Tony Abbott reveals 'new paternalism' as old racism with a vote-catching makeover, denigrating millenia old mourning ceremonies of Australia's Indigenous in observing 'There seems to be an inordinate amount of time taken up with funerals and ceremonies.' Of course, to a credibility-lacking mouthpiece like that Minister, it's the aboriginals who must 'develop a work culture', never the white blow-ins who need to develop much better appreciation of the ancient society that has survived despite 200 years of being 'assimilated'. Seems to be continuing the forceful imposition of a foreign society and then elevating complaints of a 'culture of dysfunction' when assimilation fails. Comments:
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