It was overdue: Rolf Harris had finally getting round to saying
'sorry' for the line about Abos in Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport.
And, perhaps, it might just have worked, had he not decided to
head off on an explanation of What Is Wrong With Aborigines:
'You sit at home watching the television and you think to
yourself, "Get up off your arse and clean up the streets your
bloody self" and why would you expect somebody to come in and
clean up your garbage, which you've dumped everywhere? 'But then
you have to think that it's a different attitude to life.' He
said Aboriginal children were never disciplined or expected to
adhere to rules until adulthood. 'Till then, they have a totally
carefree life to do what they want and that quite often involves
smashing everything that they have,' he told The Age newspaper.
Mr Harris blamed Aboriginal traditional values for the appalling
conditions in many communities. He added: 'The attitude is that,
in their original way of life, they would really wreck the
surrounding count