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"don't project"

I was trying to formulate a reply, but this expresses my opinion perfectly

3/16/2010 3:41:04 PM

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"But this guy isn't me, he comes from a remarkably different cultural and educational background. If you can't at least wrap your head around what he's doing or understand it, you fail pretty hard IMO"

i understand where he's coming from, but like others have said, the people who want that land are going to get it eventually. that guy is being pretty naive if he thinks he can protect it forever.

3/16/2010 3:42:30 PM

that's kinda the point...he probably doesn't think he can protect it forever

but that doesn't mean he shouldn't try, or stand up for his principles

3/16/2010 3:43:39 PM

He's either pretending he's a Spartan or Gen. George Armstrong Custer.

3/16/2010 3:44:15 PM

Hey great grandpa we live in poverty, but thanks for standing up for your principles

3/16/2010 3:44:33 PM

^^
God forbid he actually be noble and principled

'cause people like that don't exist, of course

^
if his children will have no chance to sell the land, then it is, indeed, a different picture

3/16/2010 3:44:55 PM

principles are all well and good til your ancestor's land gets raped anyway and you have nothing to show for it

3/16/2010 3:46:18 PM

what you have to show for it is that you stood up for your principles...agree to disagree, I guess

3/16/2010 3:46:59 PM

My god yes, stand up to that man trying to give you 5 billion dollarbucks!

3/16/2010 3:48:18 PM

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"Hey great grandpa we live in poverty, but thanks for standing up for your principles"

this is what's funny about this situation

a bunch of westerners have their definitions and categories for "a good life" and then wonder why people from more primitive societies do not share this

dude is perfectly happy where he is, obviously, because even 5 billion won't take him from that land. maybe his children will feel the same way. maybe you can judge them for not abiding by your standards too

3/16/2010 3:48:32 PM

I'll judge anybody I want for any reason I want. I judge this guy to be a moron.

3/16/2010 3:51:29 PM

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"I'll judge anybody I want for any reason I want. I judge this guy to be a moron."

cool and you're a small minded bigot with literally no imagination or critical thinking skills

3/16/2010 3:53:12 PM

Hey man, don't you go judging me, hypocrite.

3/16/2010 3:54:16 PM

Oh bubblebobble - you were doing so good....

3/16/2010 3:55:18 PM

EVERYONE judges

everyone

3/16/2010 3:55:37 PM

and not that this guy is old, but he's 36 and is currently the last member of his tribe. he's obviously in no hurry to extend his lineage.

3/16/2010 3:57:25 PM

reading is fundamental

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"So instead of selling Koongarra to a mining company, Lee plans to incorporate his homeland into Kakadu National Park, where “it will be protected and safe forever,” he said."

first yall should ask yourselves,
who lives a happier life, people like this guy, or billionares?
what will the uranium be used for, and are you glad he's not letting them have it?

3/16/2010 3:57:38 PM

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"this is what's funny about this situation a bunch of westerners have their definitions and categories for "a good life" and then wonder why people from more primitive societies do not share this dude is perfectly happy where he is, obviously, because even 5 billion won't take him from that land. maybe his children will feel the same way. maybe you can judge them for not abiding by your standards too"

I mean it's not even about Mercedes and Xboxes and private jets and whatnot. It's about making sure your kids get the absolute best education, healthcare, etc. That amount of money can keep that going for hundreds of years.

3/16/2010 3:57:45 PM

^wtf does he need education for?

3/16/2010 4:00:56 PM

^^^
article also says

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"Though his tribal land is worth an estimated $5 billion, an Aboriginal man refuses to sell it, instead keeping it as a legacy for his family."

it's contradictory...likely as not he hasn't totally made up his mind what to do with it yet

3/16/2010 4:00:58 PM

i'm gonna hang on to this land just in case i fuck something and have kids, and if i die alone as an old man, welp.

3/16/2010 4:05:12 PM

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"wtf does he need education for?"

so he can live up to TWW user God's standards

3/16/2010 4:05:44 PM

but perhaps there can be some compromise, maybe he can let them nibble on the land for a few 100 mil, and call it even

3/16/2010 4:07:40 PM

http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/theweathergroup_U/videos/Jeffrey02_Mining-desktop.m4v/view

[Edited on March 16, 2010 at 4:14 PM. Reason : embed fail]

3/16/2010 4:12:49 PM

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!

3/16/2010 4:14:19 PM

^^homeboy still makes clicking sounds here and there. talk about bilingual

3/16/2010 4:17:10 PM

nm


[Edited on March 16, 2010 at 4:36 PM. Reason : i, too, embed failed]

3/16/2010 4:36:18 PM

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"a bunch of westerners have their definitions and categories for "a good life" and then wonder why people from more primitive societies do not share this"

3/16/2010 4:41:28 PM

i'll take the one on the right fo sho

3/16/2010 4:58:30 PM

The primitive societies also don't have t-dub. If it were me id sell that shit and buy a bigger/better ancestral burial ground in a deluxe apartment in the sky.

3/16/2010 5:54:00 PM

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"wtf does he need education for?"

Reminds me of Tracy Jordan:

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"If you get rich off this stuff, just take care of my family. I don't want my kids to have to go to college."

3/16/2010 6:00:59 PM

Tracy Jordan is the man.

3/16/2010 6:04:08 PM

Meh. If he wanted to, he could get the money then incorporate the rest of the native lands in Australia into a large reserve with the resources to both purchase the land, maintain it, and obtain the lawyers needed to protect it for as long as possible.

Then kick back on your reserve, bitches.

3/16/2010 6:13:08 PM

if some company is willing to pay BILLIONS for it..... then I'll be they're going to be willing to do whatever it takes to get it anyhow when he refuses.

something that valuable, he needs to sell it before it gets taken for nothing.

seriously, go buy some different fucking land. people move. his ancestors originally all came from somewhere else, anyhow.

3/16/2010 6:30:52 PM

^OH SNAP!

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"So instead of selling Koongarra to a mining company, Lee plans to incorporate his homeland into Kakadu National Park, where “it will be protected and safe forever,” he said."

Bull-fucking-shit. What are the odds that the Australian government immediately grants mining rights once he has it incorporated into the national forest? I'd say probably pretty fucking good. Sorry in advance, Jeff.

3/16/2010 7:05:12 PM

i doubt 5 bil is that big a deal for the australian govt
they spend 5 bil on toilet paper alone
per day!

[Edited on March 16, 2010 at 7:08 PM. Reason : .]

3/16/2010 7:08:01 PM

No, they'll sell it for much less. Politicians are much cheaper than men of principle.

3/16/2010 7:09:58 PM

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Boy if only there was an explanation for this

3/16/2010 7:39:48 PM

Dude could buy a fucking island and make it his new ancestral home. Like that episode of futurama with the native martians.

3/16/2010 7:41:12 PM

Most of Africa is devoid of valuable resources... like water. It's a dump of a continent. Hard to build a log cabin without any fucking logs.

























Also, black people are inherently inferior.

3/16/2010 7:43:17 PM

3/16/2010 8:06:19 PM

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"Boy if only there was an explanation for this"

Ya win some, ya lose some

3/16/2010 8:47:39 PM

read a book, you're in the first world

no excuse

3/16/2010 8:53:31 PM

3/16/2010 9:08:09 PM

I just saw the original Avatar, it was called Lawrence of Arabia

3/17/2010 2:11:43 PM

McDanger, if this $5 billion land was in Alabama, and the guy who they offered the $5b to was some redneck white bible thumper whose reason for not selling the land was because he believed he had a grave responsibility to protect the land of his Christian lineage from harm

your opinion would be a complete 180

how come its cool and awesome when one person has a dumb ass religious/spiritual belief, but not another?

3/17/2010 2:16:23 PM

^Lol, you're asking for it now.



[Edited on March 17, 2010 at 2:21 PM. Reason : edit]

3/17/2010 2:19:02 PM

^^if this was a holy site or a historically significant site, then taht would be vastly different than some backwoods in alabama

3/17/2010 2:21:40 PM

i dont see the difference

one dumbass with stupid impractical false spiritual beliefs

vs

another dumbass with stupid impractical false spiritual beliefs

3/17/2010 2:22:13 PM

haha, thats your problem, you think all things spiritual are false
its like calling all politicians liars, its a nice sound bite but its far from true
fact is there is some connection he and his people have to the land that we cannot understand, and i'd give him the benefit of the doubt considering he's ABORIGINE

3/17/2010 2:27:06 PM