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Originally Posted by el_draco
I don't know. It would be nice to think we have actually progressed but I think in many respects we've just changed "labels". Prejudice is alive and well in the west. We discriminate on a hell of a lot of levels, Age, aesthetic appearance, income, suburb, dress.... you name it.
My wife and I are both highly qualified professionals and we're at the point of selling the lot and living in a shed at our dark site. There's bugger all that western lifestyle has to offer us that we're interested in anymore. In fact... it kinda disgusts me most of the time. The people in power both locally and nationally make me want to vomit and I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would want to emulate our "success"
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Yes, the progress we've made so far represents only a few small steps in the right direction. But at least we've taken those steps and there is legislation designed to protect minorities in this country. In other parts of the world we could be thrown in jail just for having this debate.