tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post116324191662881108..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: Aboriginal substance abuseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-67439283289243649352008-09-20T14:30:00.000+10:002008-09-20T14:30:00.000+10:00It is a interesting article. In my opinion drugs a...It is a interesting article. In my opinion drugs and alcohol both are dangerous for health.<BR/>---------------<BR/>laruan<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.iaddictiontreatment.com" REL="nofollow">Alcohol Addiction Treatment</A>lauranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03632968850647461742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1163290545319006852006-11-12T11:15:00.000+11:002006-11-12T11:15:00.000+11:00I found this Sutton paper (" REL="nofollow">here) ...I found this Sutton paper (<A HREF="http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/wip/cce/pdf/Sutton_Politics_of_Suffering_Anthropological_Forum.pdf <br/>" REL="nofollow">here</A>) confronting. The message seems to be that responsibility is not enough - cultural values and practices such as 'cruelling' children need to be replaced. I have no problem with that at all and don't anguish about beiong culturally imperialistic. <BR/><BR/>But Sutton does point out that the very traditional aboriginal groups with the most barbarous cultural practices are also those where alcohol has most severe impact. <BR/><BR/>I think in these societies assisting locals to negotiate agreements to restrict consumption of alcohol is useful. In terms of information speakers at the APSAD conference stated that many aboriginals still believe smoking is harmless. That can be changed as has been done in non-indigenous groups. <BR/><BR/>The Sutton paper is good for thinking more broadly about aboriginal issues - so thanks for it - I'll give it an intensive read over the next few days. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if Noel Pearson made a response to it?hchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799594181016858701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1163244595446608812006-11-11T22:29:00.000+11:002006-11-11T22:29:00.000+11:00Peter Sutton, Anthopologist, asked this this impor...Peter Sutton, Anthopologist, asked this this important question in relation to policy.<BR/><BR/>"a shift in the emphasis of policy towards the Responsibility<BR/>model, while its aims are undoubtedly laudable, courts a certain danger. If it<BR/>fails to budge signi® cantly the `negative social indicators’ , may it not then arouse<BR/>responses of blame in the wider population? If `taking responsibility’ in reality<BR/>cannot be expanded in the ways Pearson and the federal government were<BR/>suggesting in 2000± 01, would non-Indigenous Australians feel less responsible<BR/>for Indigenous well-being, or the lack of it, thereafter?"<BR/><BR/>What the rights of citizenship for Indigenous Australians if this citizenship has only been enjoyed for a 40 years? Is it the same substantive citizenship that everyone else enjoys? Even immigrants who have been here 5 minutes are accorded greater respect.<BR/><BR/>See the Sutton paper here:<BR/><BR/>http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/wip/cce/pdf/Sutton_Politics_of_Suffering_Anthropological_Forum.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com