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The Manly Daily reports:
Director of Manly’s Aboriginal Dreamtime gallery, Edwin Safarian, said a lot of people came in to say sorry.
Mr Safarian is Armenian.
(Via Eliot R.)
Poor old Kamahl had people shaking his hand and weeping on his shoulder all day.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 02 14 at 10:45 PM • permalinkAustralia’s favourite aboriginal - Detective Boney
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 02 14 at 11:12 PM • permalinkDirector of Manly’s Aboriginal Dreamtime gallery, Edwin Safarian said a lot of people came in to say sorry. Mr Safarian, who is not Aboriginal added: “Definitely today has changed the way people perceive the Aborignial people. It is nice to see the acknowledgment."
Ah yes, the Aborignial people. The Indignant Owners of the Kingdom of Dyslexia.
BTW, I hope they apologise for their incorrect apology. It seems like the thing to do.
LOL - and oh yes, BTW here goes the budget surplus.
Saying sorry to an Armenian might make you wonder: what terrible things did these people do to Armenians?
One answer: supporting communism. The USSR oppressed Armenia with its socialist utopian agenda for half a century, cheered on by the Left in Australia and elsewhere. So it’s good to know that some of those old reds have seen the folly of their ways.
Boy, this “sorry” thing sure is dragging the skeletons out of the closets.Posted by daddy dave on 2008 02 15 at 12:09 AM • permalinkChildren at Manly Vale Public School dressed in the colours of the Aboriginal flag, which they raised over the playground. School captain Edward Dennison said: “We’re not taking the blame for it, we’re just saying we’re sorry it happened."
Ay ? I hope the school tuned their backs on, booed, hissed and unplugged this insensitive little member of the Hitler youth.
Just a further question, I wonder if Mr. Safarian’s concern extends to giving Aborigines a percentage of the revenue gained from the sale of each work? Some have suggested that even re-sold artwork contain a fee that is returned to the artist. Some also view that work done in styles initiated by Aboriginal artists also pay a levy on the basis of intellectual property having been used.
Over to you Edwin, lets see how sorry you actually are.
#18 - That’s the type of sorry you tell your girlfriend, in the vain hope she’ll shut up and let you fool around with her.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 02 15 at 12:24 AM • permalinkScene: 12.20PM. Train pulls into Sydney Central. It’s one of the new Millennium trains. Clean, neat. But it’s crowded.
About 50 people are waiting to get off, with about a dozen in the vestibule to get off the train once it stops. Yours truly is one of them.
As we alight, a Native Australian, possibly affected by white man’s evil poison is waiting for people the get off. You know what it’s like on the platforms.He says “Fucking hurry up, you fuckers”
About a dozen people, all said variations of “Oh, we are SO SORRY”. With a big emphasis on the sorry. One elderly woman said “I suppose that’s ANOTHER thing we have to be sorry for”.
Not a single person seemed to think the reaction was inappropriate.
#19
Some also view that work done in styles initiated by Aboriginal artists also pay a levy on the basis of intellectual property having been used.
By that logic, every time an artist uses 3-D perspective, they should pay royalties to Italy. After all, the renaissance artists developed the technique of three dimensional drawing.
Posted by daddy dave on 2008 02 15 at 01:36 AM • permalink#23 - ‘Aboriginal’ dot painting is an utter rip-off. All it requires is some tubes of bright acrylic colours from Riot Art & Craft and a few spare hours. The field is ripe with fakes, and the genuine stuff is just pretty by-the-yard graphics.
Now, the Namatjira brothers - they could paint. Unfortunately genuine Aboriginal talent is not much called for these days.
Posted by walterplinge on 2008 02 15 at 02:42 AM • permalinkThe PM said February 13, 2008 marked a new chapter in Australia’s history and “removed a great stain from the nation’s soul”.
So that’s where all that children of the bleaching nonsense came from.
#24
Are you mocking the spiritual connection with the land necessary to paint with a stick?
Because if you are, someone from the Ministry ofCorrect ThoughtsSocial Inclusion will be around to adjust your attitude and make you join this new era."Sorry… but you’ve got absolutely nothing here that would fit in with the renovations we’re planning.”
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 02 15 at 05:59 AM • permalink#19
re-sold artwork contain a fee that is returned to the artist
It’s called artists’ droit de suite.
Outside Manly Council Chambers more than 200 people stood in the rain to watch the apology live. Among them were the Harrison siblings, Violet, 1, Ian, 8, and Corey, 10 and sister Sharlotte, 7. Local resident and member of the Dharug Darug language group, Karen Smith, was close to tears.
“I believe this new generation has the ability to move forward in the sprit of growth, reconciliation and passion for their culture as the first Australians,” Ms Smith said.
What did it signify that the Harrison siblings (aged 1-10) were among a crowd standing in the rain to watch something they could watch while remaining dry at home? Was their unwitting participation a more valid commentary than David Jensen’s Abstention?
What does it matter whether Karen Smith was there too, rather than planning for her lingotypes to embrace a lifestyle with some chance of delivering ... a life#34 Kae, that is some beautiful work...really.
Posted by MentalFloss on 2008 02 15 at 07:41 AM • permalinkIf you can find work somewhere by Primus Ugle from Western Australia his landscapes are just beautiful.
He lived with a dear friend of mine some years ago and promised me a painting, however they split before I got the painting. Nevermind, I probably couldn’t afford to buy one of his now. I did see some of his landscapes and they are lovely.
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