Aboriginal Rights

» CHWoman - Yes but the term Redskins is a trademark that brings in oodles o

Yes but the term Redskins is a trademark that brings in oodles of money that would be lost were the team to change its name to something else. So the US Supreme Court decided that it is not an offensive term.

Hey, they should no!

-- posted by CHWoman

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» woorama - Yes but the term Redskins is a trademark that brings in oodles o

In response to Yes but the term Redskins is a trademark that brings in oodles o posted by CHWoman:

too true, too true.

western etiquette is simply the fastest path to the cash. colonialism is driven by greed and endless wealth acquisition.

"the economic problem" as defined in economics is that there will always be more demand than supply. this is the condition at the heart of the recent historical construct of non-indigenousness.

as long as this condition lasts, no insult is too great, no obscenity so unutterable as to limit the greed of colonial prospectors, who continue to stake their claims on what is left of our land, culture, symbols and way of life.

-- posted by woorama

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» roaming27 - The power of language

In response to Yes but the term Redskins is a trademark that brings in oodles o posted by CHWoman:

Redskin is also the name of a raspberry flavored hard candy stick:
http://www.everythingaustralian.com/alre...

I used to enjoy these treats as a child.

Elizabeth

-- posted by roaming27

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» woorama - The power of language

In response to The power of language posted by roaming27:

mmm yeah, i remember those lollies. yum.

which was yummier - redskins or white knights. wow, couldn't we get into the semiotics of that...

-- posted by woorama

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» roaming27 - The power of language

In response to The power of language posted by woorama:
lol :-)

I can remember the name, white knights, but I can't remember what they were like. I even searched the internet and couldn't find a picture. Though I did find this:

http://www.beechworthsweetco.com.au/prod...

Elizabeth
(who's drooling at the thought of all those treats!)

-- posted by roaming27

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» woorama - The power of language

In response to The power of language posted by roaming27:

i suppose we could get into the whole aboriginal diabetes issue - the idea of indigenous people being colonised as much by sugar as by the gun...

but how depressing. yeah, anyway, yum yum!

-- posted by woorama

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