Paternalism Continues

I know there would come a point when I would want to take back a vote of confidence in the power of the Senate to block legislation. This is it.


I'm actually rather impressed that Rudd would allow for the permits to be reinstated. It;s ridiculous that the government previous even forced these open-door policies upon them. It's almost as if Aboriginal People are still being treated as inferior, childlike and non-human. Without any autonomy, how can anyone expect that Aboriginal peoples to regain their livelihoods after being restricted, humiliated, dehumanised and massacred? It is a sense of powerlessness in a society that does not even attempt to comprehend them, and in return, they cannot be accepted as a part of. When you've got a bunch of (childish) white men (you've never seen) discussing your life, it's not that shocking that you're on a path of self-destruction.