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.