Indigenous rights in Melbourne Parks

Re the aborigines in particular: I think any sort of political action these days is pretty good, even if it does end in tears
Ummmmm.... What about camping in St Kilda Rd... that would bring traffic to a stand still !! What about a bombing ?? That would be good.... NOT !
If we want to keep out of the extremes of politically motivated violence we see embedded in other societies around the world, we need people to assess the social acceptability of their protest methods, whether they are peaceful or not !
Get people too excited and they will react with violence to even peaceful protests.
imagine the potentially violent reaction against someone peacefully arguing that AIDS is a good way of getting people to self reflect on their sexual morality .... or that Bird Flu is a just Gaia trying to fight the plague of humans on its surface... etc etc
Don't lawyers cite the act of yelling "fire" in a crowd as a limit to free speech.... etc etc

I would love them to have a bit of parkland, maybe in front of the casino or one of those Major Events sites, except it wouldn't be so nice for them.
Don't they have plenty of parkland elsewhere ?? I can't even light a fire when I camp in the bush let alone in an urban park ! Can we start treating aborigines as equal citizens some time this century ? - rather than perpetual victims of a past few of them even know.

Sad when what looks like a group of losers play on the collective guilt of the privileged bleeding hearts.

Perhaps their "spin advisers" believe that all publicity is good publicity. I think that the whole circus is very counterproductive in terms of dissipating sympathy with the "general public".

The longer it stays and attracts a more diverse group of hangers on, the more likely it is that "incidents" will occur that bring even more public disapproval.