[chichilarue]

I have **** the sentence I think is the most outrageous portion. See the PC establishment go to the length of blotting out the history of an ancient society just so they can continue having something to feel guilty about. In Australia, the Aborigines are a protected class and no criticism of their absolute justice will be tolerated; it is literally against the religion of th e land to question the sob-story of Western oppression of Australia. The apparent Aboriginal genocide and attempt to obliterate the evidence for the previous inhabitants of Australia goes unspoken.

[humblegunner]

These things?

[fishtank]

Bradshaw art

[Redcloak]

For similar controversies in North American history, look up Kenniwick Man or the theory that Clovis technology traces to Solutrean technology. Both of these topics point to "others" being here before the Indians. But we can't have any careless talk like that!

The Indian is the perfect victim; an image that gets a tad tarnished if they are just another bunch of invaders like the rest of us. As the perfect victims, living in harmony with nature and all the furry, woodland creatures and all that, Indians are darlings of the American Left and their culture of victimhood. And since victim status determines how much gubmint cheese your group gets, Indian leaders are careful to suppress any talk of "others" being on the continent first. I suspect that they pass out the cheese on the same basis in Oz. If that's so, then it's understandable that the Aborigines want to cover up any evidence of prior inhabitants.

[Restorer]

Perhaps a prosperous society developed on those now sunken plains; gentle, little people learned to dress elegantly in tassels and mini-skirts and to decorate their hair elaborately.

Very odd. What basis is there for thinking these people were either little or gentle? Maybe they painted cute little pictures in between torture sessions.

Probably the same reason that archaeologists assumed the ancient Maya were peaceful ... until their writings were deciphered and it was learned they were about as bloodthirsty (literally!) as any people in history.

[Bernard Marx]

The apparent Aboriginal genocide and attempt to obliterate the evidence for the previous inhabitants of Australia goes unspoken.

But you forget history: Jean Jaques Rousseau, the intellectual "father" of Communism, created the false concept of the Noble Savage. The notion that human beings are naturally gentle, peaceful and cooperative and that class distinctions, capitalism and other "evil" Enlightenment concepts created tragedies that only Communism can heal, is fundamental to the Progressive mind. It's total BS but it's simple-minded enough for the masses to swallow whole. The lie must be maintained.