|
|
Re: AUSTRALOIDS
HR57JazzandBlues.@worldnet.att.net
7 Sep 1996 04:53:14 GMT
brunner@mandrake.think.com (Eric Brunner) wrote:
>Eric Brunner (brunner@mandrake.think.com) wrote:
>: Amy (104125.14@CompuServe.COM) wrote:
>: : <The question of whether Australian Aborigines do or don't have a
>: : <more
>: : <: direct relationship to Homo erectus than other races is a
>: : <matter of
>: : <: fact, and it should have no political overtones. In
>: : <particular, such a
>: : <: claim -- right or wrong -- does not necessarily imply a value
>: : <judgement.
>
>: : Of course it is a loaded question. It's the anthropological
>: : equivalent of a lawyer asking the defendant "Do you still beat
>: : your wife?" Bias in questioning has been an unfortuante plaque in
>: : anthropology.
>
>Hmm, broken post. Second try.
>
>So much dubious material has been posted in this newsgroup as a collection
>of individuals, for reasons which only they can answer for, "play doctor"
>with labels -- "amerind", "australoid", and who is or isn't H. sapiens sapiens.
>Reformatted.
>
>DISTRESS SIGNAL
>
>TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
>
>FROM NYUNGAH ELDERS OF AUSTRALIA
>
>THROUGH THE NATIVENET OF THE INTERNET
>31.8.96
<snip>
>In the end it comes back to our Culture and the Land. The Whitefella and
>his Government wants to stamp out our Culture so that he can forcibly control
>us by the white system and he can dig up and damage and destroy the Land
>and grab the minerals and ship them overseas - dollar signs in his eyes.
>He is expecting and saying to us the Original Owners "You're not allowed
>to have your Birthright, your Ancient Law and Culture and Religion and
>Heritage. You are not allowed to have recognition of your Starting Point in
>Life".
>
>
>NYUNGAH CIRCLE OF ELDERS
>
>--
>Kitakitamatsinohpowaw,
>Eric Brunner
Thanx Eric.
-Paloma
"Don't worry about the changes in the key
just play within the range of the idea"
Charlie Parker
The opinions expressed herein
are those of my own
|