In today's Australia, there are industries which can talk in terms of an
Aboriginal-led recovery.
What a turn-around. The road has led a long way, and still leads on...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/28/features/features6.html
Nevertheless, Pauline Hanson is quoted in Tamworth on Australia Day as
saying that she is not opposed to Aborigines, only opposed to the Aboriginal
Industry.
I guess these different views reflect a vibrant democracy, and possibly also
contribute to it.
I wonder about Alison's comment to the effect that Reconciliation must be
hollow if John Howard is supporting it. I had just gotten to the point of
thinking that his resistance to the whole idea had been a very effective
force which caused the community to focus and articulate the case for
Reconciliation. To such an extent, that I, for one, am more sure than ever
that the wider Australian community supports the movement. Now, I'm
wondering whether, perhaps in widening support, the concept has been
diluted. Don't know. Don't know.
Gillian
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