Only yesterday I once again found myself defending the plight of our original people. Most Aussies are so ignorant that they really have no idea of the true history of this country and the blood that was spilled in order for their ancestors to settle here. Every one of the original people of Tasmania were slaughtered!! To this day many continue to consider themselves superior to the original peoples. I laugh in the face of such ignorance. After all, the originals were the only ones who were smart enough to head inland in 1974 before cyclone Tracey flattened Darwin and killed 71 people.
My next door neighbor is Koori. She often brings a meal over to me when she has extra to share. We have a very nice little of system of giving and sharing going on between us. Sure she hits the turps a bit, as does just about everybody I know. The difference is, she admits she's a drunk. The rest merely sit on their high horses and point their fingers at the originals as though they are the only ones with a drinking problem. Defend an original and you put yourself in the line of fire. I'll keep doing it anyway. Ignorance kills and just like our original people the rest of them are starting to get a taste of the exact same injustices experienced by our originals. Problem is, they are too busy getting drunk and high to notice.