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"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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I just watched the movie "Rabbit Proof Fence", which is currently
available in video stores. I had never heard of it until my

a

real movie fanatic, recommended it to me. It tells a very powerful

story

of three young Aborigine girls in 1930's Australia. At that time, the
whites considered it their moral obligation to seize children who were
half Aborigine, half white, and being raised as Aborigines. They

put them in a training facility to teach them to be domestic servants,

and

to teach them Christianity.

While not quite as horrific as torturing little girls to death for
witchcraft, it does provide yet another example of the misery that has
been promulgated by religious evangelism in general, and Christianity

particular, when the strong bully the weak "for their own good."

Perhaps Jesus, if he existed at all, got very discouraged at times

his message of humanism seemed to be falling on deaf ears. I see so

many

people committing so many acts of cruelty in the belief that their

wants them to act that way for the good of the heathens that it makes

sick. Every time some ***** like "derng" brags about how many acts

charity christian organizations have performed, I wish I could reach

into

my computer moniter, grab him by the neck, slap him a few times, and

yell

"Would they be so fucking charitable if they weren't trying to spread
their religion?" In "derng's" case, however, that would probably be

child

abuse.

I've been wanting to watch that movie. I will probably have to watch it
when my wife is not around because, unlike me, she hates most

films. If it doesn't have a happy Hollywood ending, she usually does

like it. A couple of weeks ago I dragged her to see "My Life Without

She cried for a good four hours _after_ the movie. It will probably be

good 6 more months before I will be able to pick a movie for the two of

to watch.

my mother watched it, and loved it. I can't stand things like that, so I
haven't seen it. I've occasionally met some of the 'stolen generation' who
are still searching for their siblings and other relatives. it's too sad

me to watch it, and makes me ashamed of our government, who refuse a

apology for the white australia policy of child relocation

Khartoum wrote:

"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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I just watched the movie "Rabbit Proof Fence", which is currently
available in video stores. I had never heard of it until my bro-in-law,
a real movie fanatic, recommended it to me. It tells a very powerful
story of three young Aborigine girls in 1930's Australia. At that time,
the whites considered it their moral obligation to seize children who
were half Aborigine, half white, and being raised as Aborigines. They
would put them in a training facility to teach them to be domestic
servants, and to teach them Christianity.

While not quite as horrific as torturing little girls to death for
witchcraft, it does provide yet another example of the misery that has
been promulgated by religious evangelism in general, and Christianity in
particular, when the strong bully the weak "for their own good."

Perhaps Jesus, if he existed at all, got very discouraged at times when
his message of humanism seemed to be falling on deaf ears. I see so
many people committing so many acts of cruelty in the belief that their
diety wants them to act that way for the good of the heathens that it
makes me sick. Every time some ***** like "derng" brags about how
many acts of charity christian organizations have performed, I wish I
could reach into my computer moniter, grab him by the neck, slap him a
few times, and yell "Would they be so fucking charitable if they weren't
trying to spread their religion?" In "derng's" case, however, that
would probably be child abuse.

I've been wanting to watch that movie. I will probably have to watch it
when my wife is not around because, unlike me, she hates most
independent films. If it doesn't have a happy Hollywood ending, she
usually does not like it. A couple of weeks ago I dragged her to see
"My Life Without Me". She cried for a good four hours _after_ the movie.
It will probably be a good 6 more months before I will be able to pick
a movie for the two of us to watch.

Thanks for the suggestion,

--
*********************************************** Khartoum aa#2110

When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm;
they wait for further evidence to decide the issue, because, as men of
science, they know that neither is infallible. But when two theologians
differ, since there is no criteria to which either can appeal, there is
nothing for it but mutual hatred and an open or covert appeal to force.
Bertrand Russell
Can Religion Cure our Troubles 1954

MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)

Awesome sig line.

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:39:15 +1000, "Clayton Driving His Temple Into The

"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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I just watched the movie "Rabbit Proof Fence", which is currently
available in video stores. I had never heard of it until my

a real movie fanatic, recommended it to me. It tells a very powerful
story of three young Aborigine girls in 1930's Australia. At that

the whites considered it their moral obligation to seize children who
were half Aborigine, half white, and being raised as Aborigines. They
would put them in a training facility to teach them to be domestic
servants, and to teach them Christianity.

I should also add that it's a true story and one of the now grown girls
acted as a consultant. It won several Australian Film Institute awards
(usually refered to as the Australian Oscars), including Best Picture.

Yes, I forgot to include that it was true in the description. At the very
end, they show the real Molly, now an elderly woman. The "Special
Features" part of the DVD is worth watching, too, where they show what
they had to go through to find three Aborigine girls with no acting
experience to play the girls.

Another bit of trivia: the man who plays the tracker, Moodoo, is David
Gulpilil, who played the Aborigine boy in that other outstanding
Australian film, "Walkabout."

--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)