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In this thread people romanticise living in poverty in a remote aboriginal community because it makes them feel comfortable with what is, in reality, an absolutely horrible situation.
No one is saying that living in a remote community is a picnic.
So the inverse is cool?
Crippling mortgages, processed food, taxes, being part of a governmental system that can disenfranchise you, cars, buying fuel, getting angry at expensive coffee, obesity, Grant Denyer, Channel 7, Karl Stefanovic, the West Coast Eagles... these are all things we should embrace and like? And living a simpler life is somehow dumb or uneducated or not cool?
At the base of it, Josh comes from a community where they care about each other and the land. That is it. The land binds them, and they are a part of their environment. The two things co-exist and mean something. That's why they don't give a s**t about contracts, shiny cars, or whatever else. Because it is superfluous – just like how it should be superfluous to our lives.
Traditional Aboriginal life is so enviable. I'm far too white and uptight and neurotic and angry to be that way, but I wish I could be.
You're talking tripe. Cool has always been defined by the bucking of norms, bringing in new ideas, and undermining society – blue jeans and Elvis, smokes and James Dean, hippies against consumerism, grunge against rap...What a load of bullshit and wishful thinking. If it was so 'cool' more people would do it. Tripe.
What has any of that got to do with rocking up to training and playing footy with your teammates on a scheduled basis? Does doing that mean you have all of the above? I don't think so. Come back to this board when you get out of university and learn some practical life lessons.
There are so many here that try and derail this into 'oh lets sympathize' thread. The facts are:
1. Simpson played colts and reserves in the WAFL - got through that just fine.
2. Simpson put his hand up to be drafted into the AFL
3. Simpson played some games for Fremantle in the AFL
4. Simpson found it all too hard
I'm not talking about remote aboriginal lifestyles versus 'white' culture here. The fact is that Simpson reneged on what he put his hand up for or he simply had no idea what he was putting his hand up for and said 'not for me'.
I'm upset about it because we wasted a first round pick on the kid and subsequent development resources. It's not the same as Pitt who obviously had a health issue, I guarantee Pitt would trade with Simpson in a heartbeat. I'm upset about it from a FFC perspective and nothing more.