Your correspondent seems to think that the majority is always right (Good handling of referendum debate, CCN 412).
May I remind him that this is not always the case?
For example, for many centuries most people believed that not only was the Earth flat, but it was also the centre of the universe; thankfully those days are now over.
In the meantime we now have international media outlets such as Reuters wondering how an allegedly civilised country like Australia could suddenly become so bigoted; there is no way now that we can criticise other countries over their human rights record.
Email, Oct 23
Dave Horsfall, North Gosford
Yes a civilised country like Australia could suddenly become so bigoted I think they have always been like this to tell you the truth but no one has really paid much attention until we had this Referendum
The Voice was not rejected because we are a bigoted country, it was rejected because it was found to be unworthy.
You can blame the Yes vote leader,s they crueled themselves with their attitude if you vote against the Voice your a racist and ignorant.
The government could`nt explain how it would work who would be on it and how much it would cost etc
What sort of advice would it give to the Government would it be strictly only matter`s to involve abouriginal`s
How do you seperate that?
everything involves us all not just one part of the population.
we wish no ill will to anyone
But feeling don`t solve problem`s
Maybe a royal commision is called for to see how we can unblock the choke point`s and finally get help to our fellow citizens that need it either black or white.
Democracy is respect for minorities, not rule by majorities. Aborigines, go hard, maintain the rage. Black people will find it hard to sing the National Anthem now without a voice
I can think of no reason why indigenous people would want to sing the national anthem. “For we are young and free” —– laughable. They have the highest suicide rate in the country —- seeing nothing to hope for? The incarceration rate — they are the most imprisoned people on earth and the evidence shows it is due to more stringent laws. And I’ll be happy to join them in not singing.
When was the last time any of us actualy sang the national anthem ? So it`s an empty gesture Ann
you sound a passinate person but you can`t let your feeling over an issue trump your mind & always do your research of your own to help come to a conclusion.