Leave the Gum, Take the Cannoli

21 Responses to Leave the Gum, Take the Cannoli

1. Buccaneer says:

   17 July, 2023 at 11:16 am

   No one seems embarrassed about the naked use of coercion and blackmail to gain advantage for one racial group. That is the bit that I find disconcerting.
2. jupes says:

   17 July, 2023 at 11:17 am

   Wow. Nobody saw that coming.
3. and says:

   17 July, 2023 at 11:24 am

   The AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia.
4. C.L. says:

   17 July, 2023 at 11:26 am

   We need a new word for this: blacketeering.
5. Lee says:

   17 July, 2023 at 12:10 pm

   Someone at 7News in Perth should go back to grammar school.

   It is “its approval,” never “it’s approval.”

   Re the story itself, it’s almost as though some of these aborigines are deliberately sabotaging the “Yes” campaign.

   Keep up the unintentional good work in that regard!

   This is unmitigated corruption.
6. Lee says:

   17 July, 2023 at 12:22 pm

   Just a microcosm of the shakedowns that will happen should the Voice get up.
7. NFA says:

   17 July, 2023 at 12:34 pm

   C.L. creates the word of the day – blacketeering

   See you in the gulag!
8. Tel says:

   17 July, 2023 at 12:42 pm

   Just a microcosm of the shakedowns that will happen should the Voice get up.

   The whole thing is a secret Chinese plot … to make Communism look like an attractive alternative to everyday standover tactics.
9. and says:

   17 July, 2023 at 12:49 pm

   Women now most likely to vote no as support for Voice falls, according to Newspoll
   For the first time women are now more likely than men to vote no for an Indigenous voice to parliament, the latest Newspoll shows.

   https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/women-now-most-likely-to-vote-no-as-support-for-voice-falls-according-to-newspoll/news-story/40ee57d6d6a4528c1d4b4990aa180a25
10. Old Lefty says:

    17 July, 2023 at 1:07 pm

    …and we must believe the women, mustn’t we?

    No, not those women!
11. Lee says:

    17 July, 2023 at 1:30 pm

    Shakedowns ‘R’ Us.
12. Rafiki says:

    17 July, 2023 at 1:34 pm

    Relatedly, affirmative action is bending over backwards.

    On another related matter: a provision of a Commonwealth statute that accords a preference to Aborigines (such as Voice Act would do) is in conflict with section 10 of the Racial Discrimination Act. As a later Act, the Voice Act could displace section 10. This would need to done expressly, and would draw public attention to the racial issues character of a Voice Act. This may be why Labor’s tactic is to provide a basis in the Constitution, which of course overrides section 10 without the need to say so.
13. Buccaneer says:

    17 July, 2023 at 1:43 pm

    The need for the addition of the voice to the constitution highlights the total failure and irrelevance of traditional tribal indigenous laws and social structures, but everyone is too polite to mention that.
14. Dunny Brush says:

    17 July, 2023 at 1:53 pm

    Every successful wave of migration has been because community leaders have said don’t be Irish/ Italian/ Greek/ Viet/ Croat etc. Leave your grievance behind. The Voice is an affront to this approach. Dreadful people pushing it.
15. Ed Case says:

    17 July, 2023 at 2:23 pm

    Every successful wave of migration has been because community leaders have said don’t be Irish/ Italian/ Greek/ Viet/ Croat etc.

    Tautology.
16. Boambee John says:

    17 July, 2023 at 2:58 pm

    Turd Case again shilling for Labor. In an incoherent manner.
17. Christine says:

    17 July, 2023 at 3:54 pm

    ‘…traditional tribal laws and social structures..’
    all deemed “sacred” now.

    the apostrophe:
    A pain to see the innocent apostrophe being inserted into every “its”.
    If the apostrophe isn’t understood, just leave it out. Leave it alone.
18. Franx says:

    17 July, 2023 at 4:23 pm

    Pope Francis had this to say in Fratelli Tutti:

    246. Of those who have endured much unjust and cruel suffering, a sort of “social forgiveness” must not be demanded. Reconciliation is a personal act, and no one can impose it upon an entire society, however great the need to foster it.

    Perhaps the Synodal Church might choose to reflect upon its role in the scheme of things involving the voice.
19. Rossini says:

    17 July, 2023 at 5:47 pm

    Laughed so hard that my “tits” fell off!
20. Buccaneer says:

    17 July, 2023 at 7:16 pm

    We need a new word for this: blacketeering.

    Straight to the Cactionary
21. Old Lefty says:

    17 July, 2023 at 10:17 pm

    What will the Voice say? Gimme gimme gimme.