Suze, I get an error message when I click on the URL below.
Trudy Suze Collett wrote: > > http://www.aaa.com.au/hrh/aboriginal/hist5.shtml#Radicalism > Secrets: > When Aboriginal people make demands for land rights, or seek respect for > spiritually significant areas of land and are questioned about the basis for > this, they often retreat to saying: 'that's secret business'. What they are > really saying, is they don't know. Or can't think of a plausible explanation > or rational argument to support their assertions. > It is true that there was a clear demarcation traditional Aboriginal society > between some of the things men and women did. For example women were not > allowed to attend initiation ceremonies and both sexes were excluded by the > other from certain knowledge and practices. But the phrase 'secret business' > is often used today as a cop-out. Perhaps analogous to the 'mysteries' of > some religions. In other words, a fall-back position when cornered to > support statements is to say: that's a mystery or secret business. > > ********** > A friend in the USA sent me the url above. He was given this url from a > friend who said it was the *best* to grab info from when doing any > assignments on Australian Aborigines. > > I found the website which is titled "Australian Aborigines - History and > Culture, Research Project: 20th Century HISTORICAL FACTS" with the paragraph > above. I feel hurt and insulted at this personal opinion that the author > chooses to serve out to the public. > > The term "Secret Business" means exactly that...ergo...no further details > can be divulged to people who are not properly initiated into our spiritual > teachings. > > If other people have the impression that this website is a good source of > information - I feel even more upset. What recourse do I have to stop the > publishing of misleading and insulting information? Any suggestions? > > Suze (not impressed) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and > Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ >from > that date. > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." -- ************************************************************ "In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one." Thich Nhat Hanh - Vietnamese Buddhist monk ************************************************************ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ from that date. This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
