The Guilt Industry

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The Guilt Industry

em = By John Tomlinson

Don't talk to me of guilt or want,

Don't tell me where I'm in default.

Your country now is mine by right

of English law and oversight.

Blackburn did terra nullius decree

for mines and pastoral industry.
Don't come here with modern law

or telling what Eddy Mabo saw,

or what Australia's High Court found.

The past is ours, it's safe and sound.

Don't talk of Aboriginal sovereignty,

of genocide or tyranny.

We have the power to enforce our will;

it's a pity that guilt lingers still.

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