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It also stated that, today, all ages and genders are permitted to reproduce and/or repaint the images, earlier in the article.

The images, in form and style, have changed over the years. I'm not sure I'd argue that aboriginals wouldn't have access to news papers, radio, or any other modern convenience, as people from different groups have and do intermingle with the metropolitan Australian world. Especially considering that they're suing people successfully for infringement, according to the article. I'm not saying it's one thing or another, I'm just saying that's why I find it less compelling.

Regardless of any of that, the idea of the images being inspired by personal, real world experience is fun. A play on that is to question what good it did the aboriginals to have these experiences. They continue to paint the images as a cultural exercise, as per an aspect of their traditional religion, to ensure that the rains return to their lands.

Assuming that the originators of the images did paint these things based on first-hand experience with extra terrestrials, why might they have associated these beings with the rains? Sort of along Muadib's line of questioning: If the aliens did something in particular for the aboriginals, to be associated with rain, like bring rains, why did they stop being necessary for the rains to come?

<blockquote data-quote="ProphetofOccam" data-source="post: 149603" data-attributes="member: 5272">It also stated that, today, all ages and genders are permitted to reproduce and/or repaint the images, earlier in the article.&nbsp;The images, in form and style, have changed over the years. I&#039;m not sure I&#039;d argue that aboriginals wouldn&#039;t have access to news papers, radio, or any other modern convenience, as people from different groups have and do intermingle with the metropolitan Australian world. Especially considering that they&#039;re suing people successfully for infringement, according to the article. I&#039;m not saying it&#039;s one thing or another, I&#039;m just saying that&#039;s why I find it less compelling.&nbsp;Regardless of any of that, the idea of the images being inspired by personal, real world experience is fun. A play on that is to question what good it did the aboriginals to have these experiences. They continue to paint the images as a cultural exercise, as per an aspect of their traditional religion, to ensure that the rains return to their lands.&nbsp;Assuming that the originators of the images did paint these things based on first-hand experience with extra terrestrials, why might they have associated these beings with the rains? Sort of along Muadib&#039;s line of questioning: If the aliens did something in particular for the aboriginals, to be associated with rain, like bring rains, why did they stop being necessary for the rains to come?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProphetofOccam, post: 149603, member: 5272"] It also stated that, today, all ages and genders are permitted to reproduce and/or repaint the images, earlier in the article. The images, in form and style, have changed over the years. I'm not sure I'd argue that aboriginals wouldn't have access to news papers, radio, or any other modern convenience, as people from different groups have and do intermingle with the metropolitan Australian world. Especially considering that they're suing people successfully for infringement, according to the article. I'm not saying it's one thing or another, I'm just saying that's why I find it less compelling. Regardless of any of that, the idea of the images being inspired by personal, real world experience is fun. A play on that is to question what good it did the aboriginals to have these experiences. They continue to paint the images as a cultural exercise, as per an aspect of their traditional religion, to ensure that the rains return to their lands. Assuming that the originators of the images did paint these things based on first-hand experience with extra terrestrials, why might they have associated these beings with the rains? Sort of along Muadib's line of questioning: If the aliens did something in particular for the aboriginals, to be associated with rain, like bring rains, why did they stop being necessary for the rains to come? [/QUOTE]

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