# Australian students supposedly to learn "Balanced" history

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 1, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-students-supposedly-to-learn-balanced-history/530832 "2010-03-01T05:39:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-students-supposedly-to-learn-balanced-history/530832/101 "2010-03-05T20:11:17Z")

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You guys actually get to discuss aboriginal issues? Lucky! Any meaningful discussion is completely taboo in Canada.

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-students-supposedly-to-learn-balanced-history/530832/102 "2010-03-05T21:40:39Z")

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> [@Chief Pedant](#):
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> Res ipsa loquitur despite your challenge to quantify.

And as I keep saying, if _res_ does in fact _ipsa_ _loquitur_ then you shouldn’t be having so much trouble quantifying it.

> [@Chief Pedant](#):
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> Perhaps you’d like to advance a few particulars of where the Aboriginal culture and civilization are superior.

No need, because I’m not arguing that Aboriginal culture and civilization are superior. You keep on trotting out that same strawman because you can’t adequately respond to the points I’m actually making.

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