10-12-2014, 08:26 AM
Well Paul, it would appear that you're in the dark with regard to a common known fact. The aboriginal tribes of Australia are considered to be the oldest living practicing tribes on the planet of an estimated 65,000 years. They are not alone with regard to their practice in early human cultural lifestyle as there remain several other tribes globally that still live in traditional lifestyle practices with some that have little to no contact with the outside world and are protected by the nations they are within. So as you troll me yet again within your infatuated state, perhaps you might consider a little research on the topic before questioning the validity of the photos.
James, the topic was more or less a way to get a sense of what people know about culture and it's integration within community development and to bring an awareness of the issue to some who perhaps have never contemplated the subject. It is a very deep subject and not really easy to address but none the less it is a subject that we westerners need to be aware of as we live here within the islands. Not just a superficial awareness but a more intimate awareness of a peoples culture and it's fate within this developing community. The example I tossed out as a possibility was merely that and was in no way shape or form an attempt to create such native community by me but rather a what if this was proposed by the native people. Is this something that could be accepted by the larger community, would it be embraced or frowned upon. Do we as westerners really respect the Hawaiian culture or do we simply pay it lip service while expressing the impossibilities of seemingly radical cultural integrations?
James, the topic was more or less a way to get a sense of what people know about culture and it's integration within community development and to bring an awareness of the issue to some who perhaps have never contemplated the subject. It is a very deep subject and not really easy to address but none the less it is a subject that we westerners need to be aware of as we live here within the islands. Not just a superficial awareness but a more intimate awareness of a peoples culture and it's fate within this developing community. The example I tossed out as a possibility was merely that and was in no way shape or form an attempt to create such native community by me but rather a what if this was proposed by the native people. Is this something that could be accepted by the larger community, would it be embraced or frowned upon. Do we as westerners really respect the Hawaiian culture or do we simply pay it lip service while expressing the impossibilities of seemingly radical cultural integrations?