I think it is because Aden Ridgeway and Lowitja O'Donahue are better people than
Howard is and they
therefore tend to believe he is sincere - at least in part. He can be very convincing
and his words often
seem very reasonable. I believe it is something he has learnt to use to get what he
wants.
Sociopaths often dupe the same people over and over again because they are so good at
it. They betray no
doubt in what they say because they have no conscience and therefore are very
convincing.
Trudy
tim dunlop wrote:
> I think you're right, Trudy, and I agree with Robert Manne - as per the
> other article you posted - that we've been tricked. Howard is the most
> cunning and deceitful politician I know of and ANYTHING that has his
> approval is by definition tainted and probably the opposite of what is
> needed. The upsetting thing is that the likes of Aden Ridgeway and Lowitja
> O'Donahue (esp the latter) are willing to go along with it.
>
> Tim
>
> Trudy wrote:
>
> >I have marked ### the paragraph that makes wonder about the value of the
> >'regret' and question what exactly it is that Aboriginal peoples have
> >received from the 'compromise' - are they just pawns in
> >"blindsiding the Labor Party" and Howard's political games?
> > --- Trudy
> >=================================================
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