Aboriginal curse put on Australian PM

[the Kelly Gang]

PM shrugs off Aboriginal curse
"An Aboriginal woman, backed by ousted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) head Geoff Clark, put a curse on Prime Minister John Howard in regional Victoria.

Mr Clark and other Aborigines watched as the woman, clad in possum skin, pointed a small bone at Mr Howard as he left a Liberal party function in Colac in the state's south-west.

The prime minister smiled and waved at the woman known only as Moopar who stood silently outside Colac Performing Arts Centre, as he got into his car after speaking to a group of more than 500 members of the local community.

The protest came as Mr Howard made a pre-election visit to the marginal Victorian seat of Corangamite, less than a week after scrapping ATSIC, the peak Aboriginal organisation.

Cultural restrictions prevented Moopar from speaking to the media but Mr Clark told reporters the curse was a message to Mr Howard to listen to the Aboriginal community."

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/National/story_56147.asp

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"pointing the bone" is a traditional Aboriginal way of cursing an enemy and will either bring him enlightenment or bad luck..I lived in Aboriginal communities many years ago and 'pointing the bone' is rarely used.it's powerful magic..I've seen people wither away and die from these curses..he ignores it at his peril and I'm amazed to see this curse used..haven't seen it for about 30 years.:scared:

[DarkPhenyx]

1. Just cuz someone has to say it.

"Pointing the bone" here in the US usually causes people, women specifically, to swell up not wither.

[rooboy]

2. I was laughing about this today...

when I realized that "pointing the bone" could conjure all sorts of unfortunate mental images... :)

on edit: I should mention, though, that it is a pretty serious thing to have a bone 'pointed at you' in aboriginal culture...

[boobooday]

3. Ask not at whom the bone points

It points at you!!!

How can we get this lady to the U.S. somehow, to point her bone at Bush?

Anybody got a magic bone I can borrow? :-)

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[Gman]

4. I wonder if Moopar would make a trip here

and point the bone at Bush??

[riverwalker]

5. Dumya cursed by voodoo in Thailand

Bush's 'spirit' cursed with black magic, tossed into river

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/18/1066364541599.html?from=storyrhs

The spirit of US President George W Bush has been trapped in a clay pot and tossed into a river in northern Thailand after being cursed by hundreds of farmers protesting US agriculture policy.

A photograph of the US leader was sealed inside a pot amid black magic mantra chants, then tossed into the Ping River on Friday by demonstrators after they rallied at the US consulate in Chiang Mai, a farm group leader said.

The act was also a protest against Washington's military intervention in sovereign nations, the Bangkok Post reported.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. You know, I've never put a curse on someone, but...

...but, bad things have happened to people who have crossed me. I'm not kidding. It's happened so frequently that I'm beginning to force myself into a state of zen whenever someone pisses me off. Revenge isn't all what it's cracked up to be. By the time the pay-back comes around, you're left feeling so horribly bad for them.

[truthspeaker]

7. too bad I don't believe in curses

otherwise I'd find this very encouraging. Howard is an arrogant Bush toady of the worst kind.

[BeHereNow]

8. We need to get some of those bones

and point them daily at the White House!
National bone pointing day!
Wonder if it works with television images?
If so, we could all point our bones at out
televisions, maybe eventually we could
rid our country of the media whores and
the corporate government.
I think it's worth a try!
Gonna go get me some possum skin and bones...
Moopar, my new role model!
BHN