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aranthus

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46. How to achieve reconcilliation when the two sides can't agree on the truth?
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 12:08 PM
Oct 2012

At least in Australia it was pretty clear to both sides what the English had done. In Israel there is a real disconnect between what each side believes happened.

In my opinion Australia needs to learn a lot if lessons from King_David Oct 2012 #1
Then you know nothing about Australia... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #2
Canada has nothing to lecture Australia about. bemildred Oct 2012 #11
Admittedly, Australia is rather ill-equipped in that area also (nt) shaayecanaan Oct 2012 #18
The legacy of the British Empire lives on in all of us. bemildred Oct 2012 #20
This would be the Canada where a World War II-era immigration official... Ken Burch Oct 2012 #30
Please try keep up ... King_David Oct 2012 #37
The vast majority of Australia's crimes against Aborigines took place decades ago Ken Burch Oct 2012 #51
I can tell you racial prejudice in Australia is real oberliner Oct 2012 #52
I didn't know you were Australian, for the record. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #55
Oberliner isn't Australian. He was quoting from the blog article in the subject line... Violet_Crumble Nov 2012 #56
Thanks for the clarification. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #61
Did you not click on the link? oberliner Nov 2012 #58
Sorry, I thought you said YOU were Australian. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #60
No - just posted the title of the piece as the subject oberliner Nov 2012 #63
OK, I've now clicked on the link. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #69
''The ONLY reason you are saying Canada is better than Australia on Aboriginal issues '' King_David Oct 2012 #53
You said Australia has a lot to learn from Canada on tolerance. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #54
So you couldn't point to my post where I said things that you claimed? King_David Nov 2012 #57
It was post #1...and I figured you'd still remember it. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #59
If you did not get caught again , fabricating what a poster has said, King_David Nov 2012 #64
I didn't fabricate. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #67
oki doki then, the lesson to learn is that the King_David Nov 2012 #68
That post was attacking Australia for being intolerant at the governmental level... Violet_Crumble Nov 2012 #66
Given that Australia ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #3
But unlike Israel, Australia remembers its past... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #4
In point of fact ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #5
I'm not sure why you think the acts of the past have to be the same... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #6
And I'm absolutely certain ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #7
How could I have forgotten that in yr version of things, Israel holds no responsibility... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #8
And in your version ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #9
My version's the one where I've said consistently that both sides hold responsibility... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #10
Ceasar can quote Cato to his purpose ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #13
That's lovely and all, but I'm telling you what I've always said. Feel free to pretend otherwise... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #14
You surpass youself. aquart Oct 2012 #12
Bah, we have grizzlies, wolves, giant sloths: bemildred Oct 2012 #15
I can't work out who she's calling a white supremacist. Me or Akiva Eldar... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #16
Oh it's you I think. bemildred Oct 2012 #17
I'm scoring the big wins with the accusations of evil this week... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #19
"The first time someone calls you a horse you punch him on the nose... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #21
Well, you know just what to do if someone ever calls you a horse three times... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #23
Beware TomClash Oct 2012 #31
Well, I'm in a good mood today, going out of town, by myself, to do what I damn please. bemildred Oct 2012 #22
Have yrself a fun time. I don't get much me-time anymore... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #24
I hope you're going to town strapped. holdencaufield Oct 2012 #25
Where I go there are no people. bemildred Oct 2012 #26
It ain't over 'till it's over ... Yogi Berra holdencaufield Oct 2012 #27
Eldar should know better. aranthus Oct 2012 #28
I don't subscribe either but can read the article Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #40
How to achieve reconcilliation when the two sides can't agree on the truth? aranthus Oct 2012 #46
That's a massive hurdle... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #49
are palestinians interested in reconciliation? Mosby Nov 2012 #62
Probably no more than Israelis are... Violet_Crumble Nov 2012 #65
List of massacres of Indigenous Australians oberliner Oct 2012 #29
All of which Violet has almost certainly spent many hours denouncing, Ken Burch Oct 2012 #32
Why on earth would Oberliner apologize ? King_David Oct 2012 #33
For falsely implying that Violet holds Israel to a higher standard than her own country. Ken Burch Oct 2012 #34
Again with the accusation that a DU member said things he did not King_David Oct 2012 #35
That was the whole point of posting that link. Ken Burch Oct 2012 #36
I apologize for linking to Wikiedpia oberliner Oct 2012 #38
yes it does azurnoir Oct 2012 #41
The Wikipedia part wasn't the point. Ken Burch Oct 2012 #43
I think you are seeing things that aren't there oberliner Oct 2012 #45
Yes, those things happened in Australia(and in many other places, such as THIS country) Ken Burch Oct 2012 #47
Thanks for intervening oberliner Oct 2012 #44
never mind the last listed incident was almost a century ago azurnoir Oct 2012 #42
And what does that have to do with the OP? Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #39
It sounded to me like a passive-aggressive attempt to drag in the "double standards" canard Ken Burch Oct 2012 #48
It was disappointing to see such a negative reaction to mentioning reconciliation... Violet_Crumble Oct 2012 #50
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