am Bays wrote:I stood for a minute in the booth umming and ahhing on what to vote, I eventually voted YES primarily because when you have a F***tard like Palmer urging you to vote no I didnt want to be associated with his ilk.
I didnt want to vote YES because of the way Albo F***ed this whole process up by giving s no detail on how this voice would work.
I didnt want to go along with the republic referendum methodology of trust us we're politicians we know who/what the best president/voice model
I certainly didnt want to vote yes to have a group of Urbanised cultural representatives who wouldn't know a busted toliet or what sleeping with six other people in a room is like, or going hungry most nights cause your parents are abusing substances or you've got a mouth full of rotting teeth and stuffed kidneys because the water your desert community relies on tastes so brackish you have to drink overpriced soft drinks all the time cause you....
I want a voice that guarantees the voice of the truly disadvantaged remote mob are heard
My only reason for voting yes was because of people like Pearson, Richie Fejo who I respect and remote Elders like Mumbin and Nungamajbarr who were advocating it.
That was the difficult part. Vote No and align yourself with flogs like Palmer or Yes and align yourself with flogs like Albanese or Darcy Moore ;-). I voted No, only because of what's previously been stated here.
