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Of course the lefties would- they are of low intelligence. How could you call someone hypocritical for their views in adulthood, because they ''chanted'' the sorry song when they were children.
THEY WERE CHILDREN.

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Its the minority groups that are making them chant the songs.

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How? whats wrong with regular kids songs such as that one about sheep shearing. No political message there.

I admit what the white settlers did to the Aborigines is disgusting and I willingly concede that they were the original owners and inhabitants of this continent. But I hate the way they always try to make you feel horribly guilty. They refuse to move on and as a result they drag the rest of us into their pool of depression. And I also hate the way they continually try to get the High Courts to grant them their native titles. I always worry when that happens. What if that happens in my local area? Does that mean that they'll have the power to kick me out of my home, bulldoze it and build a casino in its place? Ridiculous I know, but if it can happen in America, it can happen here.

As much as we have our differences Pender, i like you.

freediver wrote on Jul 15^th, 2007 at 5:11pm:


I'm not opposed to the Aborigines getting Justice, I just think they're going about it the wrong way.

And like I said before if the American Indians can take over people's houses and build casinos over them, then the Aborigines can do the same here.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22175063-2702,00.html

SOUTH Australia has been ordered to pay $525,000 to a Stolen Generations victim in a breakthrough compensation victory.

The compensation win is for Aborigines taken from their families.

The damages award not only establishes a potent judicial precedent, but will intensify pressure on the commonwealth and states to establish statutory compensation schemes for Stolen Generations victims.

The scope of the order by South Australian Supreme Court judge Thomas Gray stunned legal observers and reversed years of disappointment for indigenous litigants.

Since the release of the 1997 Bringing Them Home report on the Stolen Generations, only Tasmania has agreed to pay direct compensation to victims.

In a strongly worded judgment, Justice Gray yesterday found that Bruce Allan Trevorrow, now 50, was falsely imprisoned and denied the duty of care owed to him after he was taken from his parents in 1957, aged 13 months.

The state was liable to compensate Mr Trevorrow for its "misfeasance in public office", the judge said.

Justice Gray pointedly contrasted how Mr Trevorrow had "struggled" with depression and other setbacks, while his siblings, who remained with their natural family, had been able to "achieve their potential".

ok now one proven "stolen child"

i reckon i could find more white kids taken unlawfully.

besides there is always room for the judge being biased and his precedent being overuled at later date.