I understand, Lynette, I’m from a country farming community too. Your experiences are most certainly valid and worthy of my respect. But I am not a crazy activist like the ones you describe. I think it’s misleading and wrong to label everyone in an organisation as ‘disruptive, disrespectful cretins’ just because of the actions of a few. So like you I also stand by my comments earlier. It’s a matter of balance. So let’s just agree to disagree 😊
You do remember that little girl who got removed from watching her AFL team for calling out abuse at opposition player Adam, like people have been doing for years, but monkey is offensive to him.
She was not being a racist, just a devoted fan trying to sledge the opposition and that was what came out in that instant.
PETA does excellent work for animals. Just because you look after animals doesn’t mean you don’t care about people as one comment claimed. There’s room and heart for doing both. I care passionately about both and it’s all covered under the word ‘suffering’. Please never confuse compassionate care for animals’ welfare with a warped emotional overkill response. That’d be insulting and wrong.
Some of PETA’s beliefs I don’t agree with but generally they take God’s order of caring stewardship seriously, despite the fact that many of them probably don’t believe in God but many, like me, do.
I usually enjoy your musings, but have to say your apparent lack of empathy and decency regarding monkeys being stolen from the wild, chained and made to work for the benefit of humans, turned my gut. In my opinion, monkeys deserve respect and care. Do you ridicule tigers and lions that are removed from their habitat, drugged and used as stage props for humans to have their picture taken? Do you ridicule bears when they are used as bile machines or made to dance for human entertainment?
Perhaps your hatred of PETA has coloured your decency and compassion toward animals.
James also didn’t mention human children used to mine minerals used to make batteries so that woke people can feel virtuous. Or the slave labour that built the World Cup venue in Qatar....
Seems he just isn’t trying hard enough to please everybody...😳
I don't know if this was accidental, but putting stories about monkeys and First nations people together is racist. Just ask Adam Goodes.
I have fences to keep the goats in the paddock and out of my garden. What would they say about that?
I have never been to an acknowledgement of country as I am indigenous (I was born here) and I own my land (that I paid money for) or country (if that is you language preference).
I have had several smoking events where the usual burn sacrifice is made by not keeping an eye on the cooking, but I usually just throw the carbonized food onto the garden for recycling. There have been no attendees, except my wife, who complains about the burn dinner.
In fact their ceremony was only invented less than 20 years ago and although it may have been used by some tribes it was never universal and was not for welcoming anyone to their territory.
It was used at their festivals and demon worshiping get togethers of only a couple of tribes.
Others used to paint their bodies, collect certain leaves and branches, put on masks, etc. just like a Mardi gras.
I have never met an aboriginal that wanted to do a smoking ceremony or welcome me onto his land. Into his house maybe for a drink on a hot day, but never his land and I have met plenty. I used to think they were just another Australian like me.
The real reason is CRT, division, hate and reparations.
We don't need any of it, so I say just stop it before it becomes a tradition or it will only end in tears.
As for adding it to an essay, well, serves them right for not doing a Science or engineering.
Everyone knows that an arts degree will not get you a real job today.
Its all about being Woke and that means pointless virtue signalling forever to cover for your sins.
Peter, I respect the majority of comments you make, but I have to say that your first sentence in this comment is judgemental and incorrect. James did not put these two stories together. Firstly, he spoke about the monkeys. THEN he went on to speak about a completely different topic, which was in relation to the hypocrisy of the virtue signalling Monash University. It is so important not to take what you read out of context.
Also, the Aboriginal people were never a nation. And it's not racist of me to say that either. It is simply the truth.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if some HUGE APE became CEO of PETA.. ordering every one of their hideous members to be sterilised to save the planet & all creatures big & small..
Monash lecturer should be sacked !
How come most of this BS STUFF generates from VIC? Acknowledgment It is getting out of hand..even on Coles dockets these days.
Genuine Elders are against it..we live in hope 90% of this insanity disapears with DAN this month.
Good work James
hopefully students are reading your sound advice & apply same.
Lynette, re your comment about PETA. I am a devout confessional Christian and apparently also one of your ‘hideous members’ of PETA. It’s certainly not christian or logical to make assumptions and derogatory comments about something you cannot possibly know. It’s an uninformed generalisation. There are good godly people in every group and institution. God doesn’t restrict Himself and His influence to the good groups, thankfully.
This tickles me for all the wrong reasons as I have a very warped sense of humour. I rather like all of the Aboriginal people I have met as they call a spade a spade or perhaps even a fucking shovel. I recall a fellow in Katherine who taught my wife the art of painting on a piece of something that resembled parchment. It could have been bark. I spoke with him at length about all of the woes of his people I had heard about on my travels and apart from wanting to share his skills he really only wanted the lazy greedy shopkeepers to stop selling booze to his people so they could get out of the gutter and start making money from people like me. Fair enough. A cool fellow. A teetotaller. Back then Acknowledging the Country was not in vogue and I wonder what he makes of it now. Perhaps the clowns who run Monash (and I have to say clowns run every university these days which is why I do not donate to my old one) would be so kind as to go to Katherine and meet my friend and find out what it really is that they want up there because I suspect that words on a paper or on an airplane do not give him much solace or hope at all. But they make clowns feel better!
Haha laughs on every paragraph!! That word count inclusion would have been most useful on my essays! Great points as usual
It was a joke.
If you know the history with Adam and the young girl, you would laugh.
With absolute respect to you June.
God was never in the equation.
The activists are a menace to society.
Simple , I come from a long line of farmers, & make no apologies for my statement , built on facts of their behaviour in regional Australia.
Where animals are treated better than
a lot of children , i promise you...
Our farmers are decent hardworking great humans..
Who deserve respect, not the appauling abuse from these destructive, disrespectful cretins!.
I understand, Lynette, I’m from a country farming community too. Your experiences are most certainly valid and worthy of my respect. But I am not a crazy activist like the ones you describe. I think it’s misleading and wrong to label everyone in an organisation as ‘disruptive, disrespectful cretins’ just because of the actions of a few. So like you I also stand by my comments earlier. It’s a matter of balance. So let’s just agree to disagree 😊
Sorry James, that was supposed to be a joke.
You do remember that little girl who got removed from watching her AFL team for calling out abuse at opposition player Adam, like people have been doing for years, but monkey is offensive to him.
She was not being a racist, just a devoted fan trying to sledge the opposition and that was what came out in that instant.
Brilliant, James. I liked Topher Field's welcome to God,s country/ world.
PETA does excellent work for animals. Just because you look after animals doesn’t mean you don’t care about people as one comment claimed. There’s room and heart for doing both. I care passionately about both and it’s all covered under the word ‘suffering’. Please never confuse compassionate care for animals’ welfare with a warped emotional overkill response. That’d be insulting and wrong.
Some of PETA’s beliefs I don’t agree with but generally they take God’s order of caring stewardship seriously, despite the fact that many of them probably don’t believe in God but many, like me, do.
Universities are no longer a place for higher education. They are cesspools teaching The destruction if all things sensible.
Read Catch 22 especially the chapter "the great loyalty crusade " where the whole thing is pole axed by one strong person.
There’s always businesses finding new ways to get their work done and the monkeys is just another reason to not employ actual people.
The ‘welcome to country’ makes me angry and surprises me that everyone just includes it so quickly. Please! How will it STOP?
Good suggestions though, I was thinking 1000 words for the list but of course they have to include the conclusion.
It’s more of the ‘Emperor has no clothes’.
I have a welcome to country General Monash would love...Australia will be there (1915)
There are lots and lots of arguments
Going on today
As to whether dear old England
Should be brought into the fray
But all right-thinking people
Know well we had to fight
For the Kaiser’s funny business
It wants some putting right.
Rally 'round the banner of your country
Take the field with brothers o'er the foam
On land or sea
Wherever you be
Keep your eye on Germany
But England, home and beauty
Have no cause to fear
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
No, no, no, no, no!
Australia will be there
Australia will be there
You have heard about the Emden ship
Cruising all around
She was sinking British merchant men
Where'er they could be found
But one fine morning early
The Sydney hove in sight
She trained her guns upon them
And the German said ‘goodnight’
Rally 'round the banner of your country
Take the field with brothers o'er the foam
On land or sea
Wherever you be
Keep your eye on Germany
But England, home and beauty
Have no cause to fear
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
No, no, no, no, no!
Australia will be there
Australia will be there
Why don’t we honor our Anzac’s the bloody University is named after one of our best!
I usually enjoy your musings, but have to say your apparent lack of empathy and decency regarding monkeys being stolen from the wild, chained and made to work for the benefit of humans, turned my gut. In my opinion, monkeys deserve respect and care. Do you ridicule tigers and lions that are removed from their habitat, drugged and used as stage props for humans to have their picture taken? Do you ridicule bears when they are used as bile machines or made to dance for human entertainment?
Perhaps your hatred of PETA has coloured your decency and compassion toward animals.
I do like dancing bears. :)
😂😂😂
James also didn’t mention human children used to mine minerals used to make batteries so that woke people can feel virtuous. Or the slave labour that built the World Cup venue in Qatar....
Seems he just isn’t trying hard enough to please everybody...😳
Great work James👏👏👏
If only PETA cared about the children being trafficked like they pretend to care about animals….
I don't know if this was accidental, but putting stories about monkeys and First nations people together is racist. Just ask Adam Goodes.
I have fences to keep the goats in the paddock and out of my garden. What would they say about that?
I have never been to an acknowledgement of country as I am indigenous (I was born here) and I own my land (that I paid money for) or country (if that is you language preference).
I have had several smoking events where the usual burn sacrifice is made by not keeping an eye on the cooking, but I usually just throw the carbonized food onto the garden for recycling. There have been no attendees, except my wife, who complains about the burn dinner.
In fact their ceremony was only invented less than 20 years ago and although it may have been used by some tribes it was never universal and was not for welcoming anyone to their territory.
It was used at their festivals and demon worshiping get togethers of only a couple of tribes.
Others used to paint their bodies, collect certain leaves and branches, put on masks, etc. just like a Mardi gras.
I have never met an aboriginal that wanted to do a smoking ceremony or welcome me onto his land. Into his house maybe for a drink on a hot day, but never his land and I have met plenty. I used to think they were just another Australian like me.
The real reason is CRT, division, hate and reparations.
We don't need any of it, so I say just stop it before it becomes a tradition or it will only end in tears.
As for adding it to an essay, well, serves them right for not doing a Science or engineering.
Everyone knows that an arts degree will not get you a real job today.
Its all about being Woke and that means pointless virtue signalling forever to cover for your sins.
Peter, I respect the majority of comments you make, but I have to say that your first sentence in this comment is judgemental and incorrect. James did not put these two stories together. Firstly, he spoke about the monkeys. THEN he went on to speak about a completely different topic, which was in relation to the hypocrisy of the virtue signalling Monash University. It is so important not to take what you read out of context.
Also, the Aboriginal people were never a nation. And it's not racist of me to say that either. It is simply the truth.
No connection between the two stories whatsoever. Never even occurred to me.
Just mad. So much monkey business!! So over welcome to country! I like the idea of using it to puff out the word count!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if some HUGE APE became CEO of PETA.. ordering every one of their hideous members to be sterilised to save the planet & all creatures big & small..
Monash lecturer should be sacked !
How come most of this BS STUFF generates from VIC? Acknowledgment It is getting out of hand..even on Coles dockets these days.
Genuine Elders are against it..we live in hope 90% of this insanity disapears with DAN this month.
Good work James
hopefully students are reading your sound advice & apply same.
Lynette, re your comment about PETA. I am a devout confessional Christian and apparently also one of your ‘hideous members’ of PETA. It’s certainly not christian or logical to make assumptions and derogatory comments about something you cannot possibly know. It’s an uninformed generalisation. There are good godly people in every group and institution. God doesn’t restrict Himself and His influence to the good groups, thankfully.
This tickles me for all the wrong reasons as I have a very warped sense of humour. I rather like all of the Aboriginal people I have met as they call a spade a spade or perhaps even a fucking shovel. I recall a fellow in Katherine who taught my wife the art of painting on a piece of something that resembled parchment. It could have been bark. I spoke with him at length about all of the woes of his people I had heard about on my travels and apart from wanting to share his skills he really only wanted the lazy greedy shopkeepers to stop selling booze to his people so they could get out of the gutter and start making money from people like me. Fair enough. A cool fellow. A teetotaller. Back then Acknowledging the Country was not in vogue and I wonder what he makes of it now. Perhaps the clowns who run Monash (and I have to say clowns run every university these days which is why I do not donate to my old one) would be so kind as to go to Katherine and meet my friend and find out what it really is that they want up there because I suspect that words on a paper or on an airplane do not give him much solace or hope at all. But they make clowns feel better!