The quote below is certainly one of the most significant in the original article, because it demonstrates very clearly the participants have all chosen to strenuously avoid evaluating exactly why the Problems were caused in the first place, in case the fickle finger of fate pointed at them. Those who refuse to learn the lessons of history are bound to repeat it. Phillip, The idea of a "women's senate and a men's assembly" is very worthwhile considering for the post colonial era if it ever arrives. However, no such "women's senate and a men's assembly"or any other colonial construct for that matter, including the present one, operating across the continent gets to put its feet on the ground unless and until it gets its legitimacy from indigenous law. How do you propose that such an idea become concrete? At 11:37 AM 10/26/00 +1000, you wrote: > > Despite their vastly different backgrounds, the > > founders discovered a common conviction that > > laws and court cases would never solve the > > land-use problems thrown up by native title, > > and that the only solution was an agreement > > "on the ground". > >so reform the laws and courts with a women's senate and a men's assembly to >solve land-use problems thrown up by native title and to adopt intelligent >and enlightened approaches to problems arising amongst peoples. ignoring and >abandoning the reform of institutions unable to distinguish between women's >and men's behaviors in favour of secret on the ground 'bennelong group' >treaty negotiations is seriously stupid! philip > >managing women and men >http://mfbns.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: "TONY SPIERS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 10:25 AM >Subject: [recoznet2] Re: Secret society works on native title solution > > > > This is serious stuff. Anybody who is concerned at all about the ongoing > > erosion of indigenous culture by a new generation of mission managers with > > black faces needs to read this article originally published half a year >ago. > > At the time, I sent a letter to the Editor. Predictably, it was not > > published. The letter comes first, the original article follows. > > >------------------------------------------------------ >RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived >at http://www.mail-archive.com/ >To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the >body >of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce >This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without >permission from the >copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and >research under the "fair >use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be >distributed further without >permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > >RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ >http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
