Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005 at 20:19
Hi Dodgy
Below in the stars is an insert of a post that I did last year when we got back from the top.
Also I neglected to mention at that time the traditional people have very little hope of saving this generation of kids & adults but are hoping that the next generations will benifiet from what they are doing.
As for them selling of it.....go figure....but I suppose this way they too at the canteen can monitor who is buying grog and how often.
******Yeah, we too were annoyed at first when we found out about the restrictions on here just before we left for the Cape. But it's the minority that decides for the majority so until that changes we have no hope. For us personally we did notice a difference in
Bamaga &
Seisia "for the better" this time, less people on the streets looking hung over and more activity in the way of people working. We know from a "local" (he is white and is on some type of community council there) with whom we had a good indepth conversation with. He said that the women and kids are much happier with the restrictions, less violence and rapes. He also pointed out that if tourist were exempt then it puts them in danger of maybe getting their heads bashed in for their grog, something we never thought of. So, if that is what it is all about then we should support them. But like everything, there is a way to beat the restrictions and I'm sure some of them are doing it. We also heard in
Weipa that Aurukun is not happy about their "dry" area situation and are looking into changing it. Should be interestiong to see how that progresses.******
A few weeks later after I posted the above I saw a story on a
well known TV show that the tradional people were getting around the restrictions, so I wonder if they have clamped down on that by now?
I had mentioned this to the "white person" that we spoke to and he said then that he didn't think they would.
As the saying goes where there is a will, there is a way.
Cya
Tripp'n
:)
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