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"Priscilla" - stage version

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Katie77:
Thanks for your reply Chris, it seems that even though we seem to have a bit of heated debate about some subjects, I do think we both want the same things in this world.


--- Quote from: Aussie Chris on November 05, 2006, 07:39:05 am ---  But one thing I wish to emphasise is that such negativity does not consume me.  It is not what my world is about.  Some people are here on Earth to be calming and reasoning, desperately wanting everyone to just get along (my mum is like this).  These people are life's mediators and they are important.  But sometimes mediation isn't enough and the world needs to be given a really good shake of its shoulders. 
I hope this clarifies things somewhat.



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Same here Chris.....I try to not let any negativity consume me.....most people who know me, are usually overwhelmed by my positive approach to most things....on the same hand, I can be pretty outspoken about issues that affect me or my family....maybe its a "mum" thing to just want "everyone to just get along"...I too, am like that, I really hate conflict, and  I I'm not likely to be the one who takes the world by its shoulders and give it a bloody good shake...that task to me, seems far too daunting.......I guess what I think my job is to do, is to start here at home, and get my kids on the right track, then hopefully that will snowball to their kids, and so on and so on.....

I'm sure we will meet again on here my friend, in some sort of discussion or two...thats the great thing about this board, all the different opinions from people from so many different walks of life...we may not agree, but as has happened in your other thread, if we walk in other's  shoes, we get a lot more understanding towards each other.

Shuggy:
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. This topic has ranged far and wide, and I don't want to go into every cranny.

I've talked to the guys who saw the show, and they stressed that it's a great show. They were surprised that the outback scene was so short ("truncated") and they described the cast as "pale". So I magnified and elaborated on the criticism and for that I apologise to Brokies. I think the producer's reply - especially its tone - underlined rather than undermined the point, though.

I never generalised about ALL Australiians, and I have Australian family, but my experience with the hitchhikers (and a total of several weeks in Australia) leads me to believe that racism is more prevalent there than here (and Goddesse knows there is enough here), so I was less surprised to hear (perhaps wrongly) that a key Aboriginal element had been removed in the transition from film to show than I would have from some other country. That is all I meant by "a very ... Australian thing to do."

As for "objective", I distrust anyone who claims to be "objective". The best one can do is try to stand back from one's own prejudices. I was trying to say that mine are based on experience.

I could say something about the suggestion that because significant numbers of "part-Aborigines" (a dodgy expression in itself - which part?) live middle class lives, all is well, but enough.

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