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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

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@gleee58 wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

and, before you go off at me ... yes, I know they missed out on their heritage and all that .... but, all in all, much better off - better educated, better opportunities etc.

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They were taken away from families who couldn't look after them - why? because they were drunks, abusers or worse. If I had been a drunk and abused my children they would have been taken away too.

 

I do not agree with what happened to some of them afterwards - some were taken into, dare I say it, Catholic and or Protestant care homes - I don't envy those poor buggars one bit. But the ones who were adopted by families and brought up well - are better off than if they had been left with their parents. 

 

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Those statements are unbelievably ignorant of the history of the stolen generation.

Did you not take in anything about what was being said on the show? Perhaps you should have watched rabbit proof fence tonight instead.

They were taken away because it was policy. A policy that started out because Australians wanted the indigenous population to die out and then later due to a false sense of protection.

Entire families were wiped out thanks to these policies.

And what sort of an excuse is it to say it's OK because they "were brought up well".

Your posts have me reeling in disbelief and anger that there can still be people in this country with these kinds of beliefs and attitudes.