Not with taint of taste or chemical smell
Nor the idea of a festering sore
But purity such as never'd taste
Upon the lips of innocent men
Who conquered this land with prejudiced pride
Who committed atrocities and in history books lied
Failing to tell the entire truth
Oh what stories they denied
But water is our last precious resource
And even our industry threatens its life
Where it all began on this eastern shore
We are not different than a pilgrims whore
Betrayal and neglect and heads turned away
Miles of innocence tucked away
Fatten our citizens with corn fed lust
All the while no hero's to trust
So leak your fertilized infamy into our groundwater
And from plastic we drink with safety we hope
For the last precious thing we have to sustain
Is spoiled by money poured down the drain
Saturday, January 9, 2010
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That is perfect! Absolutely perfect.
"Who conquered this land with prejudiced pride
Who committed atrocities and in history books lied"
And we don't realise that by giving the indigenous people their land rights (which we are obliged to do under our own laws) we are actually protecting our water supply.
But people are too stupid to see that. All they see is: "Ah, we can't let those bloody black fellahs win!"
"For the last precious thing we have to sustain
Is spoiled by money poured down the drain "
I have not seen it put that well before.
Thanks, it is so frustrating what our government does in the sake of "For the People". America is so full of hypocritical history and policy it sickens me. But there are a lot of good people here who want to make a difference. Is Australia any different?
Australia is worse as far as I can tell. Basically all Australians, especially the indigenous population, are basically (dangerous generalization, yes, but very close to the truth) are ignorant of the rights given to the original Australians.
There's a mentality of:
Don't ever mention indigenous land rights and don't ever tell the truth about how sophisticated the aboringinals were (they invented the wing before the west [the boomerang] as one example) or they may get ideas above their station and may actually earn everything that they have the right to earn.
It gets a lot more complicated than that as well. The blacks are bringing themselves down just as much as the whites because of the many years of brainwashing that has been in effect.
There are people who are fighting for indigenous rights, but unfortunately people on both sides of the fight are just ... dumb, either that or they're driven mad by the political and racial minefield that is put in their path by those trying to do good as well as those who just "wanna beat dat black fellah!"
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