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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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In honor of Vets Day UK style I give you a living memorial:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ooed-body.html God Bless to all those in the UK who served in one of the Armed Forces on this day as well.
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This stinger is in the last paragraph.
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Looking forward to open mic night.
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OOOh interesting fail here..........lol!!! This is weird and funny at the same time..
http://failblog.org/2009/11/13/friday-rewind-cop-fail/
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I put it here because I found it so weird and a bit shocking as well. I have never heard this before. Is this commonly known? It was in the NYT today.
Australian Leader Apologizes for Child Migrants Quote:
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We have to go back, Kate!
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It's pretty well-known over here. Or, has been for a few years.
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There was a BBC/ABC documentary called "The Leaving of Liverpool" about that particular group, but the apology covers many Australian-born, institutionalised peple too. It puts the treatment of Aboriginal children into a slightly less shameful perspective.
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Not that it makes it any better, but weren't the circumstances for these unfortunate kids generally the same back in Britain? I guess maybe there was more starving going on in the overcrowded orphanages, and less abuse?
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One thing I read was it might also have been an attempt to lessen the burden on the social system that was straining.
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Also, Australia was in a "populate or perish" mindset, after WWII.
It must have seemed like such a good idea at the time.
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Yes, with good white stock.
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Definately racially motivated.
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Absolutely.
There was a big contention about taking migrants even from Italy and *gasp* the Balkans. I guess we were more afraid of the "Yellow Peril" than we were of the wogs. "They do not assimilate, the do not learn our language, they will from ghettoes where criminal gangs will rule..." which turned out to be 98% BS but is still being repeated about Chinese and African migrants today.
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