Comments on: Monkey business no laughing matter

By: smithy

smithy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:31:23 +0000

Take a good look at Symonds and tell me he does’nt look like a monkey!

By: Legal Eagle

Legal Eagle — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:10:56 +0000

Paul, indeed, sometimes the greatest evils can be done by those intending to help. The NT intervention was not a bad idea in principle, and I’d have no problem with it if it had proceeded along the lines recommended by the report by Rex Wild QC and Pat Anderson.

All communities have parents who neglect children. It’s not just indigenous people. Nevertheless, I think it’s undeniable that indigenous communities are suffering more from those problems than other sections of the community, in part because of the effects of grog, colonisation and economic marginalisation. And also I think there are particular issues which need to be taken into consideration for any intervention (eg, history of Stolen Generation etc).

But take yesterday’s story about an Aurukun family. What then should be done? I think they should be treated like any children (white, black or brown) who are abused by their parents in this way.

And I’d be all for a provision in our Constitution which said that indigenous people and all people in Australia had equal rights and deserved to be treated with equal respect.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:40:31 +0000

I don’t care who controls the game, as long as whoever controls it treats everyone equally, regardless of whether they are black, brown or white, and regardless of how much money they put into the game. That’s a fundamental principle of justice - no favour should be given to race, religion or class. The adjudication should merely be on the merits.

Most Australians agree, excluding our politicians and legal eagles.

Australians at Federation, again in 1967 sort _their_ Constitution exclude powers to legislate and or qualify rights and or responsibilities of all Australians on grounds of racial identification.

Politicians and legal eagles since Federation busily argued differently, quashing such principles, preventing litigants from obtaining judicial determinations.

Legal aid is denied, as without legal representation legal challenges are blocked from judicial determination…

The NT Intervention rather than concentrating on behavior failings of particular individuals - a quite proper thing elsewhere in Australia, instead attacks people using racial profiles.

The NT Intervention is expanding, affecting people in other States.

Our Commonwealth still argues is lawful for it to deny Australian Citizens their right to live in their home with their family on basis of racial testing.

Lord protect us from… all evils, and most of all Lord protect us from all those government people who are coming to help us !

By: Legal Eagle

Legal Eagle — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:13:33 +0000

Malvinder, I presume you are wanting the t-shirt pictures - I’ve put a post on your 20-20 site - but just in case you check here first, the series is available from an article in The Australian.

Sulachanosho, I agree that I certainly wouldn’t want my daughter emulating some of the unsportsmanlike behaviour we see in international cricket these days, both on field and off, and both from supporters and players. It’s a bit disappointing really.

By: sulochanosho

sulochanosho — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:56:25 +0000

A good write-up, back up, break up there. Nicely narrated the kiddish accusing, conter accusing sports of our so called international cricket players.
I dont care whether it is India or Australia. I am pained that these so called model persons whom the millions of people watch across the globe and emulate them - especially our children and adolescents, are just like or worse than the whores on the streets. Why the hell this big ado cricket tamasha should be watched and glorified by the people across the globe. Can’t they have any better things to do? What carnal pleasure they get out there? Cricket has become the biggest business not less than a big mafia gang! Hell with these dirty retarded cricket kids and whores.

By: Malvinder Virdi

Malvinder Virdi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:44:37 +0000

Hi, there i am a blogger having interest on Cricket, My blogs are http://cricketdomain.blogspot.com and http://twenty20world.blogspot.com... The reason i am commenting is that I was in search of the picture posted in this post by you… and as per my knowledge their are couple of other pictures in the set.. can you tell me where can i get those..

thanking you in advance… looking forward for you reply….