Interesting junglist have you ever lived here in the NT?
"Howards idea is absolutely terrible. It simply cannot work, because theres a funny hting about alcohol addictions, they kill you if you go cold turkey. Your last comment, about seeing what alcohol in aboriginal communities is laughable. The situation is NO different in white communities, its just hidden better.
You have earnt my contempt with this rant, for although there are some valid points within this legislation, it is RACIST and discriminatory. Yes, there are alcohol problems within these communities, but the problems go beyond that, Yes there are problems with sexual crimes being committed against those who cannot defend themselves, BUT THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITIES THESE CRIMES HAPPEN WITHIN.
The whole taking half the welfare checks - good idea, but could have been spread across the entire country, IT WOULD BE A GOOD MOVE, but it would lose howard votes, so he opts for the racist approach and goes with singling out aboriginal communities.
There havebeen so many reports, that to NOT see that this legislation is a knee jerk reaction in attempt to buy votes for the upcoming election and to deflect the public's attention away from EVERY OTHER NON-POLICY he has.. This issue is the next TAMPA crisis. If you cannot see htat, then i guess you voted for him in the last few elections, - "oh yes we know he lied to us, but we still trust him".'
This head in the sand approach will never work, and nor will instigating changes which apply only to aboriginal communities.
Many of the sex crimes which are being reported inthese communities not only happen to be perpetrated by aboriginal individuals, but by white men going in and raping kids, simply as payment for probviding a few cases of beer, or a few grams of weed.
Maybe, the cessation of prohibition, and the provision of these drugs IN A SUPERVISED fashion would make a difference.
KAVA, from the plant piper mesthiculum, has been used in a few trials in the NT WITH AMAZING RESULTS in lowering the amount of violence being perpetrated."
Get off the racist card its getting old. And why bring up other policies. This is about helping kids! Oh and your comment about Karva, hey thats a good idea, lets replace one drug with another. And how about this gem below
"There is one fantastic facet of the propsed policy, and that is to ensure that an amount out of the welfare cheques get sequestered so that they go twards feeding and clothing the kids.
This is the racist part of the policy, THAT IT ONLY APPLIES TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE NT.
Unfortunately Coward will not implement this in more densely populated area, DESPITE THE DIRE NEED FOR POLICIES LIKE THIS, because it will lose him votes from the people he cares about, rich white folk
Thats because the drunk men take the money and buy grog, at least the kids may get a feed. And yes it may also happen to white familys but their not at issue here, aborigional familys are. You go to a community and ask a mother if she would like half her payment so she could feed and clothe her kids and see what answer you get. So who gives a crap if Howard has singled out aborigional familys, at least the kids eat and may be a little safer!
You keep banging on about how this is not just an aborigional problem and how it should apply to everybody, well let me tell you something. In the 5 years I lived in Katherine I never once saw a drunking white couple having sex on the median strip in the middle of town. I never saw a drunken white woman run out of an ally onto the main street with a frying pan and smash a drunken white mans head in and my wife never had a drunken white woman walk up to her counter, do a crap and shake it out of her dress and then just walk away.
You like to call everyone racist but there is no such thing, there is only one race and thats the human one. And if Howards plan doesnt work well at least he had the balls to try, So whats your plan junglist besides giving them Karva to keep them calm?
