[ExI] Australian Aborigine Communities Awash in Abuse

Olga Bourlin fauxever at sprynet.com
Sun Aug 5 04:24:26 UTC 2007


From: "Lee Corbin" <lcorbin at rawbw.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:26 AM

> Traditionally it was the families that decided what children did, not 
> governments.

Two comments:

1)  Historically speaking, "traditional" and "family" have not been linked 
consistently to humans until quite recently;

2)   Families don't always make the best decisions, and governments don't 
always make bad ones.

Olga





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