tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post7545054175133015564..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: ....Also Weddings And Bar MitzvahsBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-33290038939982932112011-10-31T13:41:28.989+11:002011-10-31T13:41:28.989+11:00My question [as a foreigner] is: why do you people...My question [as a foreigner] is: why do you people put up with this bushwa?<br /><br />Is there a shortage of tar and feathers Down Under???Harry Bergeronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816725983532436411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-10424686623144873852011-10-22T10:51:32.884+11:002011-10-22T10:51:32.884+11:00The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establ...The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.<br /><br />Australian Constitution, Section 116.<br /><br /><br />IMPOSING ANY RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE - the absurd and heathen Welcome to Country, perhaps?<br /><br />RELIGIOUS TEST - identifying as an Aborigine, for example?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04355521785297533930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-31403439273622130522011-10-21T10:03:12.097+11:002011-10-21T10:03:12.097+11:00I wonder what ever happened to the Penis Touching ...I wonder what ever happened to the Penis Touching Ceremonies? They seem to have dropped right out of sight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-4070804825765460022011-10-20T17:17:07.965+11:002011-10-20T17:17:07.965+11:00The digeridoo is not part of NSW Aboriginal cultur...The digeridoo is not part of NSW Aboriginal culture. It is an instrument of the "top end", north of Alice Springs. So they can save $356.80 there straight away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-10999522977719117172011-10-20T15:09:14.787+11:002011-10-20T15:09:14.787+11:00Dunno about a circumcision, but if you read 1.4 cl...Dunno about a circumcision, but if you read 1.4 closely you will find a renumeration is OK.HRTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-31956085879956904042011-10-20T12:47:07.361+11:002011-10-20T12:47:07.361+11:00Imagine if this same process was to become de-rigu...Imagine if this same process was to become de-rigueur in England.<br />The British PM welcomes foreign guests to the opening ceremony, and apologises for the Norman conquest of England in 1066.<br />The Angle, Saxon and Jute dancers then perform their welcome to the country pantomine with Morris Men doing whatever it is that they do, while gaily clad children dance around a may pole. They then apologise to the Romans for taking the country from them.<br />The Romans then perform their welcoming ceremony clad in their centurion costumes and reading aloud from Julius Caesar's dairies (in Latin of course).The Roman welcoming committee then apologise to the Brittons for taking the country from them.<br />The Brittons then perform their welcome to the county pantomine, with a host of bare-breasted Queen Boadiccas charging around the assembly in their chariots, while a horde of Druidic priests run through the assembled guests uttering dark incantations.<br />Is this likely to happen? Of course not, these are all white people aren't they?Lamenternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-675780209455134092011-10-20T12:30:06.573+11:002011-10-20T12:30:06.573+11:00Smoking ceremony indeed... Talk about "Invent...Smoking ceremony indeed... Talk about "Invented Traditions". It's a pity Professor Hobsbawm didn't include a chapter on this one... <br /><br />And why not go the whole hog? Have a full initiation ceremony that includes circumcision as well.<br /><br />What a rort.Macanudonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-15090524899766389362011-10-20T12:01:41.262+11:002011-10-20T12:01:41.262+11:00Its all sad but true, a parody that Barry Humphrie...Its all sad but true, a parody that Barry Humphries himself could never have dreamed up. <br /><br />"Difficulty in measuring and assigning dollar values to cultural knowledge and performance", surely that alone must have the hand-wringers out in force asking questions such as 'who are we to assess such cultural knowledge, better give Aunty the full rate."<br /><br />A didgeridoo was not an object common to all tribes/geographical areas, neither is the 'tradition' of such welcoming ceremonies, an invention as authentic as a ploughman's lunch or butter chicken.Nicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-7479952880568239992011-10-20T10:22:58.057+11:002011-10-20T10:22:58.057+11:00like the use of nulla-nullas in parliamentary ques...like the use of nulla-nullas in parliamentary question time to settle disputes<br /><br />good line.<br /><br />the core: where "toleration" is turned into the absolute moral virtue any number of people will be trying to outshine each other... <br /><br />the nature of vituosity driven by piety.<br /><br />you are in the Church of the Holy Fig Leaf?<br />or Sacred Secularism...<br />its one and the samePhillipGeorge(c)2011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-10745770032788026492011-10-20T10:11:42.112+11:002011-10-20T10:11:42.112+11:00Words fail me - "poor fella my country"....Words fail me - "poor fella my country".<br />When the real GFC hits in the not too distant future will there be enough money to go around for all this stupidity? Happily, I don't think so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-15228808906035320932011-10-20T10:10:43.709+11:002011-10-20T10:10:43.709+11:00"these guidelines are a minimum fee only. The..."these guidelines are a minimum fee only. They provide a starting point for negotiation"<br /><br />Would you be entitled to negotiate on whether your celebrant is sufficiently black?arnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-7882825212818500632011-10-20T09:18:17.611+11:002011-10-20T09:18:17.611+11:00Careful, Professor, or you will be sharing a cell ...Careful, Professor, or you will be sharing a cell with Bolta.Michael Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-62703739845339097612011-10-20T08:56:35.446+11:002011-10-20T08:56:35.446+11:00Since Ernie Dingo was the originator of the Welcom...Since Ernie Dingo was the originator of the Welcome to Country panto, surely there should be a flow-through of royalties to him?<br /><br />Or are these experienced and inexperienced (are they the ones in bright nappies?) characters hogging all the takings?<br /><br />In this far pavilion, all Welcomes have been now dropped [after it was suggested a special addendum be attached, thanking the Australian service personnel for keeping the less-than- Dark-loving Japs out of the country in WW2], just like the second flagpole.Donaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-50890246130983827312011-10-20T08:42:36.360+11:002011-10-20T08:42:36.360+11:00ernie drongo has a lot to answer for...ernie drongo has a lot to answer for...Rabznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-30849212256791466042011-10-20T07:34:47.722+11:002011-10-20T07:34:47.722+11:00Anyone in the admittedly diminishing band concerne...Anyone in the admittedly diminishing band concerned about the rapidly declining standards in the universities should take note of the rate paid by the University of Sydney to casual lecturers ($104 for up to 3 hours work requiring expertise) with the rates paid to any of the categories of Aboriginal shamans. Note too how the State is selecting particular organisations to determine which Aborigines are eligible to participate in these rackets. All this is so wrong on so many levels.rafikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-14077607853202103352011-10-20T07:12:42.006+11:002011-10-20T07:12:42.006+11:00I reckon these aboriginal smoking services and dan...I reckon these aboriginal smoking services and dancing routines need to be expanded - like the use of nulla-nullas in parliamentary question time to settle disputes. Regarding the fees structure for experienced and non experienced native dancers, Professor how will I be able to spot the difference? Surely a dress code should also be in order. I've witnessed some ceremonies where the dancers performed in jeans and thongs thus lessening the appeal for my culturally inexperienced and insensitive eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com