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Bowen
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Actually, there is a good reason to convince them to develop. Can they trust the racists won't slaughter and plunder them again if they do not develop themselves when there are still someone talk about "conquering"? I do not know how many more millions they need but it's less than the price of the land of Australia. I know they need more time and long term funding support. You can not expect a race change in several years. They may need hundreds of years. We need more professionals to help them develop step by step. Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 11:34pm: Bowen wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 9:06pm: Do you think millions is a big number? What can $5 millions do? purchase 500 acres wild land? Employ 5 professionals for 5 years? When building a railway needs more than a billion dollar, what can millions dollar do? How can Aboriginals develop their society by only millions dollar? Millions dollar may be a big money for a family but it's nothing for a race. Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 8:53pm: Bowen wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 8:46pm: They need professionals to help them find a way to develop. How did you know funding was not a problem? Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 8:42pm: Bowen wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 8:32pm: There are many reasons. One reason is time. Another reason is lack of fund. When they Lack of fund no good enough sociologists and psychologists can join and help them. Besides, when there are some problems, they are dismissed. When some local councils had the similar problems, why not dismiss the councils? Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 8:13pm: Bowen wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 6:43pm: Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Nov 17 th, 2012 at 4:25pm: Then stop whining about it and tell us your plan. I already provided a simple plan. You can not just tell them what to do. Based on the deeply research of their psychology and sociology, you can encourage them to think and find a solution to get better life. At the same time, you provide the fund to help them practice their own solution. You do not understand what they want, because you don't care what they want and did not try to understand their culture. Bowen wrote on Nov 16 th, 2012 at 10:53am: Firstly, you should respect them. When you consider them as animals, you can not help them.
Then we need some professionals understand their languages. We should research their psychology and sociology. Like we teach our children, we need to find a way that they can accept and enjoy.
I do not believe Aboriginals really refuse a better life. The only problem is white people always appear with superiority. This superiority is the poison for any communication. And they do not trust you because of the slaughter and plunder in the history.
We will find a way if you really want to help them.
ATSIC was run by Aboriginals for Aboriginals. Why couldn't even their own people give them a better life? I presume you were aware of ATSIC? Funding was never the problem. Why should Aboriginal leaders need psychologists and sociologists to understand their own people? Shouldn't they already know the problems? It had been funded by the millions. As I said before, how many more millions do you need? Who is more professional than Aboriginals themselves to help their own people? Do you know better than Aboriginal elders? Nice dodge. Why would Aboriginal elders need psychologists and sociologists to understand their own people? Do you know better than Aboriginal elders? Psychology and sociology are European (soft) sciences anyway. So any investigation via those methodologies will only deliver European orientated interpretations of Aboriginal life and will never reveal the essence of them. How many more millions do they need? Also, what have you done personally to help them, have you been out to a mission yet?
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