Dianne, at 08:35 on Mar 26 1997, you wrote to David Drummond ...

>> PL> Who forces you to smoke? Your addiction? Who started you 
>> PL> smoking? Obviously someone sits there all day to make 
>> PL> sure that you smoke. If it's such a problem have some 
>> PL> bloody willpower and stop.
>> 
>> Could this same logic be applied to those Aborigine people 
>> addicted to booze, or those with a habit of living in abject 
>> poverty?

DL> why don't you broaden your horizons and do some reading 
DL> about the aboriginal people and you might gain some insight 
DL> into exactly how logicical that a whole race of people 
DL> display behavioural problems of hopelessness......lack of 
DL> employment ususually tops the list.

But surely this lack of employment shouldn't bother those persons living on
or near traditional lands?  Couldn't they just carry on catching and
collecting their tucker without having to resort to drinking themselves to
death.

As for reading about these people, I think I will rely on my firsthand
knowledge gained through meeting them, not some politically correct,
hypothetical ramblings in a book.

David
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