Last week, the new PM of Australia, Kevin Rudd, made a formal apolgy to Aborigines, hence I post this poem... Poem 76 of 230: LAND RIGHTS If there is a good thing From the Second World War It's that most peoples learnt To conquer lands no more. In Africa, Asia, And the Pacific, too: Post-war independence - Steps only bigots rue. But for some indigenes, Outnumbered much-too-much, It has all come too late For liberty, as such. So 'tis in Australia, And America's sites, Where the best now, I think, Is to respect land rights. http://www.walkaboutsverse.741.com
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