Jabiru ust isn't ours to take

[Carl Clifford <>]

Kevin? Kevin who?


On 19/11/2009, at 6:40 PM, Ian May wrote:

I didn't know kevin was on the list!

Alistair McKeough wrote:

> Sorry
>
>
>
> On 11/19/09, Alistair McKeough <> wrote:
>
> > Aplogies Carl - I over-reacted. I just found the implication that
> > using a bird's name followed on from  a path of murder and cultural
> > destruction in the same vein a bit offensive - On reflection I see  
> > you
> > didn't mean it that way.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/19/09, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> >
> > > You are? Ah well, if you choose to interpret it that way. I would be
> > > interested to hear from any other members if they think I have  
> > > mounted
> > > a personal attack on you in particular or anyone else in general.
> > >
> > > Perplexedly,
> > >
> > > Carl Clifford
> > >
> > >
> > > On 19/11/2009, at 4:36 PM, Alistair McKeough wrote:
> > >
> > > Yay, you like the name and you're equated to a genocidal monster.
> > >
> > > 2009/11/19 Carl Clifford <>
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > The name Jabiru was recorded as the name for the Central-South
> > > American stork in the mid 1600s and as the bird belongs to the genus
> > > Jabiru, I reckon it has prior claim to the name. The Australian  
> > > stork
> > > in question was given the name Jabiru because it was mistaken for  
> > > the
> > > American bird. Jabiru is not even an Australian Aboriginal name, it
> > > comes from the language of the Tupi people of coastal Brazil.
> > > Europeans stole their land, murdered them, enslaved them and nearly
> > > exterminated them. I don't think we should add further insult by
> > > misappropriating one of their bird names, just because some people
> > > here like the sound of it.
> > >
> > > Common names for birds are in enough a mess as it is, without people
> > > wanting to retain wrong names just because they like the sound of  
> > > them.
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Carl Clifford
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