We humbly beg your forgiveness for all the above sins. We are only too happy to take back all the above and return you to the paradise of the "outback", whenever you are ready.

Are you fucking kidding me? Do you really believe that before the white invasion of Australia, the aboriginals only lived in the outback? You don't think they favoured the nicer areas as we do?

I think what you have written above is very racist and ignorant. And I for one do not want to be catagorized under the same 'aussie' label as you.

Disgusted,

Zeph

If I had written that article I would have labelled it as such, and put a relevant "Article by, DaVinci" at the bottom.

I also noticed you quoted only one sentence from that entire article - which would lead me to believe that you can at least agree on most of the statements made.

State your opinion, don't jump on the band-wagon and immediately begin character-attacks.

I think what you have [color=red]written [/color] above is very racist and ignorant. And I for one do not want to be catagorized under the same 'aussie' label as you.

Really? Well I hadn't read that particular clause in your introduction. In general, if you reprint an article or composition or opinion by someone else and don't credit the source it's going to look like it was written by you. It's this lack of credit to the proper auther that 'led me to beleive' it was written by you.

What band wagon? Looks like I was the first to respond.

As for my opinion on the Apology to the Stolen Generation I think it is a good thing. Sure, there are probably a percentage of Aboriginals that are ungrateful scumbags that don't deserve it, but is that any reason to deny those that do deserve it, the opportunity to begin to heal and put it behind them?

Seemings as its original source has been taken offline, I felt no need to off-link to the original source as it would only waste valuable time and would be a broken link.

Why should we apologise? Are we the one's who commited such offences? No.

Why should we all be forced to apologise to a bunch of ungrateful morons who are saying now that an apology from the Government and the rest of the Australian Community isn't 'good enough'?

Yes, yes, much better people here think that YOU wrote it. I notice that in your signature you quote Jose Narosky, without linking it to an outside source. You could have quite easily done the same thing.

Actually the fact that you then didn't comment on the piece yourself, choosing rather to plagerise it, tells me much about you DaVinci.

From now on I shall be taking it, that everything you put up here has been similarly stolen.

"Next"........- Morgan

Oh, I didn't realise they wanted you out there personally apologizing. Jeez, here I was thinking it was the Government that apologized..........

I suggestion Davinci, if you are going to post something that was totally written by someone else, credit them with it and then comment on it. If we were to all use your attitude and post articles with no comment, it would fast become boring around here.

As for placing a name on the article, the author him/herself never labeled it as such and, because it has been entered into public domain, it can be used as please with no copyright notices.

I'm guessing here you're as bad at politics as you are at cooking.

Gee it didn't take you long to start throwing insults. Bad at cooking? Whatever on earth gave you that idea?
Thanks for the laugh though. I'm going to now ignore any more of your childish baiting and let this thread speak loud and clearly for itself!

Actually, you are WRONG.

If I had written that article I would have labelled it as such, and put a relevant "Article by, DaVinci" at the bottom.

Seemings as its original source has been taken offline, I felt no need to off-link to the original source as it would only waste valuable time and would be a broken link.

As for using quotes from silly authors to prove a religious point; I would not stoop to such levels. When engaging in debate one must voice HIS/HER OPINIONS and not the ideals, values, and opinions of those who especially, do not currently reside on the earth and live in society as we know it. The point of debate is to have your say, not to tell tales of the bewildered.

Often at times if I am engaged in debate with someone, and they post quote here and quote there, I find it hard to take them seriously. By doing so they lack the ability to show any volume, substance or character in their debate tactics. Having to resort to quotes (as a means for opinion) doesn't justify anything - it only shows that he/she does not hold a valid opinion of their own and thus; people like me will come along and rip their argument to pieces.

It was obvious to me that you weren't the author of the article. However, that being said, you should have sited your source. It looks like you tried to pass this off as your own writing. Whether that source is now a dead link or not, users should know it's source.

So which are we to believe? You post an opinion of someone else, having stated that you would not stoop to that level. Do you not hold a valid opinion of your own? Are you going to rip your own argument to shreds now? Very oxymoronic.

Don't you think they're being a little bit selfish in the fact they think an apology just isn't good enough?

Will you girls stop with the bitch fight, seriously, it's like watching two girls in a Manchester drinking pit having a cat fight over who gets to fuck the chav of the week.

As I'm not a Satanist, and don't rely on the thoughts of others to justify my own opinions

I don't guess, by virtue of the quote above, that you know anything about modern Satanism. If you don't understand, how do you know you aren't one?
Organized religion, at its core, relies upon the thoughts and approval of others. The fundamental tenet if Satanism is Individualism.

I've been an active member of the forum now for 4 months. That's plenty of time so don't treat me like some n00b that walked in three days ago, I've been here almost as long as yourself and I've been considerably more active during this time as well.

Secondly, I'm not looking to start flame wars, that's just purile. I am however going to make my opinions heard and have a go at people that attempt to turn our forum into nothing more than a troll board.

I don't care is my opinions mean nothing to you. If the only people you're going to listen to are the moderators you are a sad and immature person who is going to become resented by everyone else in here.

This is a gathering of intellectuals, not the spam on 4Chan's /b/ or Something Awful, don't dismiss them just because they can't ban you.

Also, I will point out, the blue nametag means that my posts have merit. It is not licence to rule over you but I have it and you don't.

The reason I have it is because I have contributed a lot to the site and continue to do so as best I can. Have respect for it, those of us with these nametags have actually EARN'T them.

That's not to say you haven't contributed, but, actually it does make me an important member of the site.

Earned a colored name on an internet forum… What are you? What have you become?

You seem to fear religious titles or think yourself above them

You babble about how your not Atheist, Satanist, etc. yet you fail to see that your belief in a supreme being labels you as a Theist… This is a religious title that covers your beliefs, whatever little nuisances you have worked into them…

In your introduction as in other posts you state that you are well versed in Satanic belief yet you feel no need to associate yourself with this title… You seem to be in denial that you are writing this on a Satanic forum… That act alone associates you with Satanism… Look at the banner above “Community of Satanism and the Occult”…

You go on in your introduction about not using your real name due to previous experiences with spammers, etc… You go on to state that this has made you more mindful (fearful) about PERSEC when using such forums… I seriously doubt that you are a threat to homeland security, you are probably not as important as you think…

B.T.W. As one who quotes, I ask… Is quoting a two or three sentence post directly above your reply doing anything other than wasting bandwidth and/or hard drive space?*

Theism, Atheism, etc. are all titles. I labeled myself a Freemason - which is not a religious organisation and does not hold any form of doctrine. My belief in a Supreme Being (if you had actually bothered to read anything about Freemasonry before you spat-out this devoid brain-fart) you would notice that it is defined as each individual wishes to define it. That doesn't make me anything.

Supreme Being - does not mean God. Pay attention next time.

As eloquent and resonable as your post was it doesn't alter the fact that in this case you are simply being closed minded. Accept when you're wrong and don't lie to the point of convincing yourself because you're only sullying your own mind.

When wikipedia said 'often defined simply as "God"', what was ment is often nothing but the word "God" is given as a definition. Similar to if you look up College in a phone book is says 'See "Schools"'. You are taking it out of context and you know it.

I have also found 4 other sources that give the same definition. Just face up to it and admit that you are wrong. You will gain more respect for doing so and you'll not sound like a teenager desperately trying to be an "individual" and in the process following the biggest fucking trend of the 21st century.