7th January 2008, 09:12 AM
I do have to ask (as there are many cases of prisons being converted into modern utilities) Do you have a particular thing about Rottnest Island. ?
My one comment is that painting a racist picture of WA is rather worrying, and restraint should be considered. I too have fought racisim for many years - right back into the early 80s. Two things I learned - everyone is a bit racist ... 99% of people are not bad.
To claim Perth is a racist hole, or that 70s migrants came there to excape blacks, is a broad brush indeed, and smacks of the " I have one quote - and that will do for me to represent the whole of Perth" mentality.
You obviously feel strongly... but never let strong feelings and anger blind you to make statements that are so overblown they become both offensive in themselves and dangerous. Using emotive words such as "Concentration Camp" or tarring a specific place or establishment as "Racist" is not a good way to make a point...
I will be watching this thread more closely -
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
My one comment is that painting a racist picture of WA is rather worrying, and restraint should be considered. I too have fought racisim for many years - right back into the early 80s. Two things I learned - everyone is a bit racist ... 99% of people are not bad.
To claim Perth is a racist hole, or that 70s migrants came there to excape blacks, is a broad brush indeed, and smacks of the " I have one quote - and that will do for me to represent the whole of Perth" mentality.
You obviously feel strongly... but never let strong feelings and anger blind you to make statements that are so overblown they become both offensive in themselves and dangerous. Using emotive words such as "Concentration Camp" or tarring a specific place or establishment as "Racist" is not a good way to make a point...
I will be watching this thread more closely -
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu