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rob@wantree.com.au (HOXYGT) wrote:

>Does anyone out there feel that political correctness rules at uni.

Yes it does.

>Are you not supposed to be able to express your opinions on any matter.

Yep.

>Sure you can so long as they are not sexist, racist or discussions on the
>rights of non heterosexuals.

From my experience at uni most of the people there don't want to hear your 
opinions if they're sexist, racist or possibly redneck views about gay people.
Why should they have to?

>Never discuss these matters becuase you will be wrong and branded racist etc 
>etc.

Wrong... you'll only be branded racist if your opinions ARE racist. 

For example ... I think their should be more discussion about how many people 
we want to live in australia. Someone ... probably at a "Left Wing Uni"... 
should be working out how many people australia can support at a particular 
standard of living. Say it is 30 million by 2020 or something. 

Well I think that should be happening but I couldn't give a hoot whether that 
30 million is black, white or brindle... or green.

If you offer the opinion that it makes a difference then your a racist... by 
definition.

>	One other thing, why is it that aboriginals and Torres Straight
>Islanders get places at uni set aside for them. Are they somehow more
>special than the rest of us?

Hmmmm... more special?... No....

Here's a point of view. 

In the past people of aboriginal descent's ancestors got 'shat on from a great 
height' by lots of poor white people who'd been raised in an indescribable 
slum, been sent to the other side of the world, used as chattel slaves for a 
few years and then let go and told they could do anything they liked to any 
people who happened to be black, including take their land and shoot them.

These were my ancestors. Do I feel guilty about it. Nope. Why should I? It 
wasn't me. I wouldn't do it. But I can see why my great-great-great-grand-
father or uncle or whatever did.

Do I think people of aboriginal and torres straight island descent deserve a 
boost into tertiary education. Of course.

On average they die sooner than everyone else, they are sicker more, there 
kids die more often... it goes on and on... They need a boost to catchup to 
the standard of living that the rest of us enjoy... it's no different than 
giving 10 bucks to the salvos for poor people of any colour, or buying a pen 
for guide dogs for blind people.

It's simply a matter of trying to make things better for people.

Instead of calling things politically correct... listen to the things people 
at uni are saying and think about whether they make sense and have some sort 
of logic behind them. Then compare that with the evidence for what you've been 
taught to think. That's the whole point of going to uni.

Mick.


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  Michael Bourke                       mick@blitzen.canberra.edu.au
                                       u952285@student.canberra.edu.au
 "just a headless Thompson gunner..."  http://blitzen.canberra.edu.au/~mick
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