Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 at 20:33
Yeah, I've been waiting for some negative type to take the opposite approach.
So what gives you the idea that I am a bigoted recd neck?
I just don't believe the rules were introduced to stop the majority of travellers from traversing from point A to point B and having to consume their excess beverages (or throw them away) because they may be crossing aboriginal land, whether they even know it or not.
As I and others have said, the authorities are not interested in what I, or my family may consume. They are concerned about stopping undesirables from flogging alcohol to these communities.
If any supplies are not openly displayed in a vehicle and not consumed whilst on tribal land, the authorities would have no cause to search for what may, or may not be on board.
I regard myself as a normally law abiding citizen who loves travelling our remote country areas.
In this case I just happen to object to a silly "regional" rule that tries to tell me what I can take on a trip with me.
It does nothing to resolve the problem with excess alcohol consumption by folk that otherwise have nothing else to do, regardless of how they do it.
I remember one trip I was on to the Top End.
I met a Police Sergeant in the pub of a small fishing town. I happened to mention to him that I observed on more than one occasion, aboriginals who walked out on to the roadway to flag down passing motorists, usually a few kilometres out of a township.
The Sergeant said "you didn't stop did you? if they get in your way run the buggers over."
This obviously happens quite a bit and perhaps some folk do stop to find a few more come out of the scrub.
Oh, by the way. The pub we were at was owned by the aboriginal community but managed by "other Australians".
On the fridge doors behind the bar was a list of individuals who had restrictions placed on them by their tribal elders as to how much alcohol (if any) they were allowed to purchase.
Most communities are managed to the best of their combined efforts to stop excess consumption and the resulting violence that follows.
They don't always have a resident police officer to take care of things so they are controlled by the tribal elders.
Where things go pear shaped is when a group of aboriginals have been ostracised by their communities and are not accepted by white folk either.
These are often the type that cause continual trouble and placing restrictions on everyone else, as to what they may take on holiday with them, does nothing to alleviate the problem.
That is all I have to say on this matter.
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