I guarantee you people who are complaining about their civil rights have never been to a mission. I'd say they have probably never even lived in a country town where there is a large aboriginal population.
When talking about race, we always get trotted out the "you will never know if you have never walked in their shoes".
Well, a lot of these civil righters have never walked in my or our shoes.
As i said earlier, i find it ironic that Disc Stu or Mow or whatever his name is so vocal for the aborigines in their vilification laws, but doesn't want to encourage dry missions.
Again, see it with your own eyes to believe it. I had a family member who is a nurse who always wanted to work in a mission. She wanted to help the aborigines and was always had a real soft spot for them. Well, when she came back, she was a scarred woman. Even during daylight it was an exercise just to buy a paper. For her own safety she had to take a dog and another white man with her if she wanted to buy anything in town. This was during daylight hours. At night she worked in the medical centre.
I had spent some time in one prior to my relative. I had warned her but she didn't want a bar of it and to be honest i was concerned about her safety. Luckily she lived way out of town.
Let's just say that my relative 100% supports a booze ban. And as I said, the experience has scarred her. She is not so much the soft touch as she used to be, but she is more now for the children and most women in these missions.
Live with aborigines in a small town, visit a mission and you would do anything to stop alcohol consumption. Walk in our shoes and see if you want them to have civil rights which allows them to purchase alcohol.
It is really scary to think how the trauma must scare the children.
