permaculture

["Bill Kearney" <waamkearney@burnett.net.au>]

How have we established that she does not have access to e mail or the web
Australian Aboriginies have axcess to some of the best legal minds the
country has to offer at no cost to them.  The Australian Government spends
more on its indigenous population than it does on Defence or its  War
Veteran community   Lets not presume she has no access to anything, least of
all support for her wishes.

Bill Kearney
----- Original Message -----
From: 1earth permaculture <permaculture1@start.com.au>
To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: plants DB - indigenious


> Russ wrote:
> >Some non-Western cultures might want to retain their knowledge
> because they see their way of life changing and knowledge being
> lost... on the other hand, there could be a great benefit to making
> wider use of that knowledge.
>
> >Russ wrote:
> >>> If she is proposing that it be used by non-Aboriginies, then this
> would imply that some sharing of knowledge of the plant in question
> take place, even on a person-by-person basis.
>
> Bill wrote:
> >I think the woman's fears are quite justafied when one looks at the
> history of colonisation but one must question "Is she doing her own
> tribal group a service or diservice by her stance"  . ie will current
> medical technology allow for the development of drugs that may cure
> the illness of the centuary????
>
> Lawrence wrote:
> >So the "rest" of us have to take the blame for the Monsanto types and
> be deprived of potentially lifesaving/life enhancing aboriginal
> knowledge of herbal medicine?
>
> Toby wrote:
> >Context is everything, isn't it? If a drug corporation withheld
> access to a new and promising medication because they might lose
> control over it, we'd be screaming bloody murder. But when an
> indigenous person does the same, we bow our heads in respect. Of
> course she has the right to withhold her knowledge, .... Who is wise
> enough to decide when unknown others are "ready" for knowledge? I
> wouldn't force my point of view on her, or on anyone else, but her
> actions certainly go against the precepts of caring for people and
> sharing the surplus.
>
>
> To all the above, I reiterate that SHE IS SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE
> ACCORDING TO HER CUSTOM by word of mouth!!! She IS DOING WHAT SHE CAN
> do with her limited resources, limited access to people and technology
> and limited education.  She doesn't have emails, can't be refered to
> websites, doesn't do the lecture circuit, and has been ripped off
> constantly by the "99 in 100" - she's just a simple woman with a lot
> of history.  You guys just want, want, want! LMAO
>
> Marcus
>
>
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