You may have heard recently about the goings on up there in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. Basically there have been leaked reports of gang-rapes and violence against young girls. Girls as young as 7 months. Personally I am repulsed by this. That people are doing this in this country repulses me. Peter Costello has, quite rightly, said that all Australians should be concerned.
What annoyed me even more was they were interviewing some social worker form the Northern Territory and she was trying to explain why these things happen. She began by saying that these are nice people, but when you add alcohol and petrol to the mix you end up with these things happening. What? I'm sorry but you can't dismiss this is as a simple alcohol abuse problem. Alcohol is not an excuse for raping a 7 month year old girl. 7 months old!?
Then she goes on saying that this is ingrained in their culture. A culture which she reminds us is 60 000 years old, as if to imply they are wiser and more knowledgeable than our relatively young culture (which I remind you actually bothered to explore the world). If raping young girls is part of your culture or religion then you are no longer welcome in this country. If you are seriously trying to say that these things are culturally acceptable to you and that we should stop trying to force our unreasonable laws on you then your culture should be banned. If Aboriginalism (is that a word?) promotes child molestation then it should be banned.
Now that comment will probably get me in a lot of trouble, but here me out. I'm pretty sure that this is not part of Aboriginal culture. I know many an Aboriginal and they would, as any sane person would, abhor these actions. This is a group of people that are giving Aboriginals a bad name. But only Aboriginals can fix this problem. Any action by 'white' society or the government will be seen as racist intervention that does not respect their 'ancient' culture (a fact I dispute since they also came from the same ancestor as us, otherwise they aren't actually human). Something needs to be done soon!
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To put these stories into perspective, I thought I'd just share one I saw today. It defies comprehension:
McKenzie police have charged two Carroll County parents with raping their child.
Jonathan Wayne Goodrum, 19, and Kristina Louise Sawyer, 18, are charged with raping their 1-day-old girl before she was taken home from McKenzie Regional Hospital about six weeks ago, said McKenzie Police Lt. Tim Nanney.
Full article at 2 charged with rape of newborn (Jackson Sun)
That is disgusting. 1 day old? What compels someone to think about raping a 1 day old child? Why would that thought cross your mind?
Good to see you didn't just comment with 'Pfft' Dave!
You're absolutely right. This sort of conduct is disgusting, and claiming their culture is 60,000 years old is simply not a valid excuse.
We live in a society, which has laws that we must abide by. We may not all agree with those laws (such as retarded laws that say I can't drive at 170km/h on a two-lane dual carriageway in broad daylight when there is no traffic), and those of us who break these laws are penalised heavily.
I'm expecting you to get a horde of the green-left writing in, saying that you can't kick these people out of our country, because it's actually their country, but show me one place in the world where this practise is acceptable. At least driving at 170km/h is acceptable in many places in the world!!.
Hmmm, that's interesting.
The couple charged with raping their own daughter were white, not aboriginal. But Pete and Joel have glossed over this fact while pushing their anti-aboriginal agenda. Hmmm.
It seems that both societies have their abhorations.
Actually no Dave, Dave (other Dave) posted the story about the 1 day old girl. My story about the gang rapes in violence still stand. I did not use that story in the push my agenda. I also refute the accusation that I have an anti-aboriginal stance. I made it quite clear in my post that I know many Aboriginals and they would all find this abhorrent. Anthony Mundine has basically come out in support of my argument the other day on radio (well not my argument but the argument I push). He is a Federal Labor leader who is also an Aboriginal.
Here's some link dave
Child rape case highlights failure to act (News.com.au)
Government calls for tougher policing after report reveals Aboriginal crimes (SignOnSanDiego.com)
'Remove' at risk Aboriginal kids (The Australian)
Typical, Dave. Accusing us of pushing an agenda, when there's clearly an issue at hand.
I can assure you, the only agenda I have is the abolition of stupid laws, such as speed limits, and laws saying I must delete a recording on a videotape after one use.
You (and all other Greens who play the "change-the-topic" game) are essentially agree with and sanctioning these individual's disgusting actions.
The "social" worker is incompetent , child molestation is unexcusable, and someone in a position of responsibility and care should not want to try and justify / provide reasoning for such behaviour.
I think everyone agrees that child molestation is just unacceptable, not only in Australia, but in any part of the world!! I think the issue here is that the rest of Australia ie. non-indigenous Australia is too afraid to say what they think in fear of looking like a racist.
The Australian article Joel posted got it right (or at least i think so), Australia's too scared to step in, in fear of being accused of "stealing" another generation. So instead we let the at risk children suffer. Isn't that just another form of racism? If any of these children were non-aboriginal the government would not think twice about removing them from their homes.
Wow. I have obviously touched a raw nerve amongst my readers (my readers, how cool!).
Peter hits the nail on the head. By saying that there are extenuating circumstances (alcohol or culture) gives these people an excuse and takes the responsibility off them. Just because they are part of a minority that Australians for some reason feel guilty about, they are allowed to get away with it. It's swept under the rug.
I call it reverse racism and that will be my next topic!
Gee guys, I feel silly.
I thought I detected a racist undertone in the journal entry (the title and the smarmy comment about whites 'actually bothering to explore the world' threw me off).
Then I unwittingly went on to give a clear demonstration of the problem that is being faced - I acted like one of the overly politically correct reactionist discussed by Peter Costello.
On second reading it is clear that the blame is placed solely at the feet of the perpetrators. The article is not used as a roundabout means for criticism of aboriginals in general.
Sorry Pete and Joel, my comments were out of line.
Courtesy of news.com.au